TSEP#105 Agri-PV: Opportunities for Agriculture and Energy Transition

The energy transformation requires a massive expansion of solar
electricity production, combined with a high demand for space.
The problem for ground-mounted systems: Agricultural land is a
very limited and valuable resource. Agrivoltaics solves this
conflict by enabling food production and electricity generation
on the same area. Through dual land use, agrivoltaics not only
increases land efficiency but also increases the resilience of
agricultural production to the consequences of climate change.
Agrivoltaics provides farmers with additional income and promotes
the economic development of rural areas. How far are we from
realizing the potential of Agri-PV in scale? Can Agri-PV make a
contribution to mitigate land use conflicts between agricultre
and electricity generation via solar PV? That's what we're
talking about with Stefano Amaducci, senior researcher at the
Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore in Piacenza, Italy.


Timeline




09.01: How far are we from realizing the potential of Agri-PV
in large scale?




12:11: Can Agri-PV make a contribution to mitigate land use
conflicts between agriculture and electricity generation via
solar PV?




15.33: Will farmers need an regulatory incentive to not go
for the more profitable PV-use case only, but also keep the
farming?




19.40: Which are the crops that have been mainly researched
to grow well with the applicance of Agri-PV?




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