AS Published on Sunday 22 January 2023 - n° 431 - Categories:agrovoltaic
How can solar panels affect the growth of soybeans?
One farm has had to cope with very hot and dry summers over the past 10 years. French solar developer TSE has installed a "farm canopy", which is a large canopy equipped with rotating solar panels
AS Published on Sunday 22 January 2023 - n° 431 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Red light promotes plant growth
American scientists from the University of California have found that the use of semi-transparent, wavelength-selective PV panels can increase crop yields.
AS Published on Sunday 4 December 2022 - n° 427 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Luminescent solar concentrators for electricity generation
Moroccans have proposed the use of luminescent solar concentrators for electricity generation in greenhouses and agri-voltaic plants. They claim that these concentrators are capable of
L R AS Published on Sunday 4 December 2022 - n° 427 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Significant reduction of evaporation on agrivoltaic plots
Chinese researchers have found a significant reduction in evaporation on agrivoltaic plots. They examined the relationship between cumulative surface evaporation and evaporation time. They placed
L R AS Published on Sunday 25 September 2022 - n° 417 - Categories:French companies, agrovoltaic
Q Energy France presents a pilot PV hydroponic system
Q Energy France presents a pilot PV hydroponic system. It covers an area of 250 m² and is equipped with a rainwater harvesting system which is collected in a basin. Irrigation is carried out continuously thanks to its closed circuit water pump system in order to preserve water resources.
Hydroponic farms practice soil-less cultivation
AS Published on Saturday 9 July 2022 - n° 412 - Categories:other France, agrovoltaic
35 French farmers start agrivoltaics
In France, 35 farmers in the Landes department have decided to change their farming practices to adapt to the low quality of groundwater. They chose agrivoltaics to compensate for the loss of crop yields.
L R AS Published on Saturday 9 July 2022 - n° 412 - Categories:European countries, agrovoltaic
New Italian guidelines for agrivoltaic installations
Italy publishes new national guidelines for agrivoltaic installations
On 27 June, guidelines for the design, construction and operation of agrivoltaic installations were published in Italy by the Ministry of Ecological Transition. From now on,
AS Published on Tuesday 28 June 2022 - n° 410 - Categories:agrovoltaic
An experiment with agrovoltaics on cabbage and broccoli
Scientists in South Korea have combined photovoltaic production with the cultivation of broccoli and cabbage as part of agrivoltaics.
They installed bifacial panels at a height of 3.3 metres
L R AS Published on Tuesday 7 June 2022 - n° 407 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Australian farmers admit that grazing is better under panels
Two Australian farmers claim that their solar panels have improved the quality of pasture during droughts over the past four years. They believe that the installations have increased the quantity and quality of the sheep's fleece.
AS Published on Tuesday 5 April 2022 - n° 400 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Integrating trackers in orchards
Spanish researchers have developed a way of integrating orchards into solar power plants based on single-axis trackers oriented north-south. They have identified an ideal geometric space between the rows of panels so that crops do not affect the capture of irradiation or the trackers.
L R AS Published on Tuesday 29 March 2022 - n° 399 - Categories:agrovoltaic
American company Helienne wants to adapt its panels to agrivoltaics
US solar panel manufacturer Heliene and US nanomaterials specialist UbiQD are to collaborate on the development of photovoltaic panels for the fast-growing "agrivoltaics" sector. The technology
L R AS Published on Monday 14 March 2022 - n° 397 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Good practice in agrivoltaics according to the Italians
Three Italian associations in the renewable energy sector have drawn up a code of conduct for agrivoltaics. They have identified with extreme precision the surface area authorised for electricity production in the two most common agrivoltaic configurations:
L R AS Published on Tuesday 1 March 2022 - n° 395 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Valeco conducts scientific research into the presence of sheep at a solar power plant
According to Ademe, by 2030, more than 100,000 farms could be significantly involved in solar energy production. In order to scientifically document this practice, VALECO is launching,
L R AS Published on Monday 14 February 2022 - n° 393 - Categories:agrovoltaic
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L R AS Published on Monday 14 February 2022 - n° 393 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Two new agrivoltaic systems
The German Sunfarming Group has developed two new agrivoltaic systems in conjunction with the Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany) and the Fraunhofer ISE Institute.
The first places the panels 2.5 metres above the ground.