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Designing plant-transparent agrivoltaics. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 AbstractCovering greenhouses and agricultural fields with photovoltaics has the potential to create multipurpose agricultural systems that generate revenue through conventional crop production as well as sustainable electrical energy. In this work, we evaluate the effects of wavelength-selective cutoffs of visible and near-infrared (biologically active)
Stallknecht EJ +6 more
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Habitat Use of Birds on a High‐Mounted Agrivoltaic Trial Plot [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAgrivoltaic is the dual use of land for agriculture and solar energy generation and can therefore be an opportunity to prevent land‐use conflicts with food production in the context of renewable energy expansion.
Lara Diekmann +3 more
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Agrivoltaic Impact on Some Lettuce Quality Attributes and Photovoltaic Power Generation [PDF]
PlantsAgrivoltaics represent an innovative approach that enables the simultaneous production of both agriculture and energy on limited lands. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using pruning residues as a sustainable construction ...
Yasin Gunhan, Onur Taskin
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A Cost–Benefit Analysis for Utility-Scale Agrivoltaic Implementation in Italy
Energies, 2023 Utility-scale photovoltaic plants can take up areas as wide as several tens of hectares, often occupying spaces normally used for other purposes. This “land competition” issue might become particularly relevant for agriculture since, similarly to the ...
Paolo Cupo
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Design of an Agrivoltaic System with Building Integrated Photovoltaics
Agronomy, 2023 Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) are becoming popular as building elements such as windows, roofs, and outer walls. Because BIPVs have both a construction material function and an electricity generation function, they are a promising alternative
Sojung Kim, Sumin Kim, Kim Sumin
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Optimisation of vertically mounted agrivoltaic systems
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 Agrivoltaic systems represent a key technology for reaching sustainable development goals reducing the completion of land for food versus land for energy. Moreover, agrivoltaic systems are at the centre of the nexus between electricity production, crop production, and irrigation water saving.
Pietro Elia Campana +2 more
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The Agrivoltaic Potential of Canada
Sustainability, 2023 Canada has committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by increasing the non-emitting share of electricity generation to 90% by 2030. As solar energy costs have plummeted, agrivoltaics (the co-development of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and agriculture) provide an economic path to these goals.
Joshua M Pearce +2 more
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Increasing the comprehensive economic benefits of farmland with Even-lighting Agrivoltaic Systems. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Agrivoltaic combines crop planting and electricity generation on the same land, it is considered as an opportunity to resolve the competition for land use between food and energy production. In addition to growing crops, farmers can gain electricity with
Jianan Zheng +8 more
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Data on the effects of a vertical agrivoltaic system on crop yield and nutrient content of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in SwedenZenodo [PDF]
Data in BriefAgrivoltaic systems emerge as a promising solution to the ongoing conflict between allocating agricultural land for food production and establishing solar parks.
S. Ma Lu +9 more
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The potential of agrivoltaic systems [PDF]
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 Abstract In order to meet global energy demands with clean renewable energy such as with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, large surface areas are needed because of the relatively diffuse nature of solar energy. Much of this demand can be matched with aggressive building integrated PV and rooftop PV, but the remainder can be met with land-based PV ...
Joshua M Pearce
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