Loan Madej, Catherine Picon-Cochard, Cyrille Bouhier de l'Ecluse, Christophe Cogny, Luc Michaud, Marilyn Roncoroni, David Colosse
{"title":"One Year of Grassland Vegetation Dynamics in Two Sheep-Grazed Agrivoltaic Systems","authors":"Loan Madej, Catherine Picon-Cochard, Cyrille Bouhier de l'Ecluse, Christophe Cogny, Luc Michaud, Marilyn Roncoroni, David Colosse","doi":"10.52825/agripv.v1i.692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v1i.692","url":null,"abstract":"In agrivoltaic systems with solar fixed panels, the provision of ecosystem services by agricultural productions could be compromised due to very large changes in plant microclimate. But we still do not know properly the changes in grasslands ecosystem services. On two sheep-grazed sites located in lowland (Braize, Br) and upland (Marmanhac, Ma) grasslands of central France, we studied for one year the direct effects of various shading conditions induced by solar fixed panels on abiotic variables (light, water and soil temperature) and on vegetation (daily growth height, forage quantity and quality, number of species). Under exclosure of grazing, three treatments per site were set up, control (without solar-panel influence), inter-rows (variable influence) and panel (full influence). The results showed that light was reduced by 93% on average over the year in the shade of the panels with a cooler soil temperature of 2.6°C on Ma and 3.4°C on Br compared to the control. However, the soil moisture response varied between sites, depending on the different seasonal rainfall events and on soil texture. This resulted in 2.6 (Ma) to 3.2 (Br) times faster daily height growth and better forage quality. However, annual biomass production and species number showed no difference between the control and the panel. Only the inter-row treatment, which receives variable shading conditions throughout the day and seasons, shows variable biomass responses across sites. Experimental work will continue for several years in order to parameterise models to simulate the ecosystem services of agrivoltaic parks over the long term.","PeriodicalId":517222,"journal":{"name":"AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139896592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Hernández, Miriam Di Blasi, Maria Genovese, Roberto Andrés, José Cos, Fulgencio Contreras, Alfonso Guevara, P. Hellín, Pilar Flores
{"title":"Agrivoltaic in a Semi-Aride Climate: Co-Existence of Agricultural Activities in Utility-Scale Plants of EGP for Multiple and Sustainable Land Use","authors":"V. Hernández, Miriam Di Blasi, Maria Genovese, Roberto Andrés, José Cos, Fulgencio Contreras, Alfonso Guevara, P. Hellín, Pilar Flores","doi":"10.52825/agripv.v1i.607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v1i.607","url":null,"abstract":"The benefits deriving from the coexistence of energy production from a photovoltaic plant and crops growth on the same land have been investigated in Enel Green Power photovoltaic plant of Totana, in the semi-arid region of Murcia, in Spain. In this area, scarcity of water resources and high temperatures can have a major impact on production and agrivoltaic can be relevant for the potential benefits of shading on crops. Pepper “Bola”, aloe vera and thyme have been selected for their economic importance and adaptation to the conditions of the area. The results reported are related to the testing areas in the corridors between two modules rows and to the control area. For pepper, an increase of more than 60% in the agricultural yield and in fresh mean weight and of more than 30% for the fruits number have been observed in the corridors, with respect to the control area. For aloe and thyme in the corridor zone a higher plant biomass (more than 30% and 20%, respectively) has been recorded, compared to the control area. An increase of 11% in weight of the fresh biomass has also been detected for thyme in the corridor after about one year from the implementation. The results obtained in the first year have shown that the intermittent shade and microclimate generated by the photovoltaic panels in the corridor area could benefit pepper, aloe vera and thyme cultivation. These trials will continue in next crop cycles, to confirm the preliminary results.","PeriodicalId":517222,"journal":{"name":"AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings","volume":"54 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139895951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modelling the Impact of Array Wiring on Electrical Output of Vertical Bifacial Agrivoltaic Installations","authors":"Ross Rucker, Dunbar Birnie","doi":"10.52825/agripv.v1i.701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v1i.701","url":null,"abstract":"We present a model and study investigating the potential power output of vertical bifacial solar panels on New Jersey farms. The simulation calculates instantaneous brightness and shading based on the position of the sun and adjacent rows of panels, and uses that to calculate current and voltage values. We explore different strategies to improve the power output further. Double-high modules, which use two panels stacked together, offer significant gains per acre with only a modest increase of inter-row shading. When bypass diodes and improved inverter wiring are also used, much of the losses due to shading are avoided, and the total power output per acre is nearly doubled. In a double high configuration it is advantageous to have the top and bottom modules on separate inverter strings.","PeriodicalId":517222,"journal":{"name":"AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139896176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas Schauppenlehner, Karl Bittner, Mathias Baumgartinger-Seiringer
{"title":"Large-Scale Agrivoltaics Visualisations for Assessing Landscape Impacts and Social Acceptance","authors":"Thomas Schauppenlehner, Karl Bittner, Mathias Baumgartinger-Seiringer","doi":"10.52825/agripv.v1i.596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v1i.596","url":null,"abstract":"Visual landscape impacts are of great importance when it comes to social acceptance measures of renewable energy. Although agrivoltaics seems to have higher acceptance values than other renewable energy infrastructures due to the dual land use approach, it is expected that they have a bigger visual impact on the landscape scenery than ground-mounted installations due to the increased land requirements and clearance heights. This article presents the development of a game-based visualisation approach using open-source software and open data (open government data) for visualising energy landscapes by creating large-scale interactive and immersive 3D visualisations. The results show that the use of open geodata and available open-source gaming technologies can be used to create comprehensive digital VR landscapes for assessing the visual impacts of agrivoltaics. Furthermore, the data-driven approach can provide additional indicators for evaluating planning scenarios and investigating the social acceptability due to renewable energy expansion.","PeriodicalId":517222,"journal":{"name":"AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings","volume":"27 27","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139896605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Case Study of Soybean (Glycine max L.) Under Agrivoltaic System and Modelling Simulation","authors":"Eleonora Potenza, M. Colauzzi, Stefano Amaducci","doi":"10.52825/agripv.v1i.1036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v1i.1036","url":null,"abstract":"Agrivoltaic systems (AVs) combine agricultural activities with the electricity production from photovoltaic (PV) panels constructed on the same area of land. Goetzberger and Zastrow[1] (1982) introduced the concept of AV but only more recently the increased environmental concerns and the economic and political frameworks have stimulated a growing interest in this technology. A critical issue, hampering the development of AVs, is the selection and cultivation of species adapted to the micrometeorological conditions generated by AV. This study reports on physiological, morphological and yield data of a soybean crop grown under AV. In addition, field data were compared with results from a simulation carried out with the modelling platform developed by Amaducci et al., 2018. Morphological and physiological and yield response of tomato and potato under Agrivoltaico® system parameters influenced by growth under AV were height, LAI and SLA, which were higher under AV than in normal “full light” (FL) conditions. Number of pods per plant decreased by 13% under AV compared to FL conditions while mean grain yield was reduced by 8%, only in one AV area was observed a slightly increase (+4.4%) in grain yield. The results on RMSE revealed that the model error was higher in two AV conditions compared to the other 3 treatments.","PeriodicalId":517222,"journal":{"name":"AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings","volume":"26 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139895960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of Economic Synergies of Agrivoltaics in the Distributed Generation Segment in Chile","authors":"Frederik Schönberger, David Jung","doi":"10.52825/agripv.v1i.572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v1i.572","url":null,"abstract":"Agrivoltaics (AV) combines photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation with agriculture on the same land. In Chile, despite high potential, AV is not yet commercialized due to high investment cost. To close the remaining cost gap to conventional PV, we shed light on a set of AV specific synergies in the market segment of Small Distributed Generation Facilities. Through a techno-economic model, this paper monetizes AV synergies to derive the economic performance of a sun tracked AV system over blueberries for the PV stakeholder. The study reveals that tracked AV systems can be operated with an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 5.2% at the threshold of profitability. This is enabled due to the exploitation of synergies within the market segment that improve IRR for the PV stakeholder by 2.5%. Still, sun-tracked AV requires compulsory technology grants between 5 – 10 USD/MWh to be economically implemented. The results indicate the necessity for regulative adaption. Legislation must open agricultural land for AV project development to enable the commercialization.","PeriodicalId":517222,"journal":{"name":"AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings","volume":"431 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139895996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Altyeb Ali Abaker Omer, Wen Liu, Xinliang Liu, Ming Li, Xinyu Zhang, Fangcai Chen, Jianan Zheng, Wenjun Liu, Fangxin Zhang, J. Ingenhoff, Zhiseng Zhang
{"title":"Effects of Agricultural Photovoltaic Systems Development on Sweet Potato Growth","authors":"Altyeb Ali Abaker Omer, Wen Liu, Xinliang Liu, Ming Li, Xinyu Zhang, Fangcai Chen, Jianan Zheng, Wenjun Liu, Fangxin Zhang, J. Ingenhoff, Zhiseng Zhang","doi":"10.52825/agripv.v1i.588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v1i.588","url":null,"abstract":"Agricultural Photovoltaic (APV) has become more popular worldwide. Its core idea is to generate electricity and grow crops simultaneously on the same farmland. We developed two APV, Spectrum Splitting and Concentrated APV (SCAPV) and Even-lighting Agricultural Photovoltaic (EAPV). Our previous studies have investigated electricity generation, enhanced growth of plants/crops, and reduced water evaporation simultaneously on the same farmland. Furthermore, SCAPV and EAPV examined the better quality and increased yield of many plants, such as lettuce and cucumber. However, the effects of SCAPV and EAPV on sweet potato quality and yield have not been studied. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of SCAPV and EAPV on evapotranspiration (ET) and sweet potato quality and yield. We conducted three treatments: SCAPV, EAPV, and open-air (CK). We planted 32 m2 of sweet potatoes and placed a weather station in each treatment. Our results showed that the 32 m2 of sweet potato yield under SCAPV, EAPV, and CK were 121.53 kg, 99.55 kg, and 77.84 kg, respectively. The dry rate in CK was 11.75% lower than 13.41% and 13.81% under SCAPV and EAPV, respectively. Soluble sugar content increased under EAPV. Anthocyanin content under SCAPV improved. Therefore, SCAPV and EAPV positively affect dry matter accumulation and enhance the sweet potato's growth. Average ET under SCAPV and EAPV compared with CK significantly reduced by 31% and 23%. SCAPV and EAPV could reduce irrigation and provide feasible green energy and sustainable APV solutions.","PeriodicalId":517222,"journal":{"name":"AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139896028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Agrivoltaics in Japan","authors":"Christian Doedt, Makoto Tajima, Tetsunari Iida","doi":"10.52825/agripv.v1i.533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v1i.533","url":null,"abstract":"A comprehensive and supportive legal framework is a key factor for the expansion of agrivoltaics. This study analyzed, therefore, the existing laws, regulations, and policies related to agrivoltaics in Japan and assessed its actual effects on relevant stakeholders. An increasing horizontal policy integration on the federal level was identified. However, the vertical policy integration is still insufficient with often skeptical municipalities and local agricultural councils. The key barriers are related to the land-use conversion process, financing of agrivoltaic projects, socio-political and market acceptance, and grid constraints in rural areas. There are, however, opportunities for addressing these challenges in recently established councils that include a variety of members from industry, academia, and government.","PeriodicalId":517222,"journal":{"name":"AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings","volume":"118 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139896153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acceptance of AgriVoltaics - A Multi-Stakeholder Survey for a German AgriVoltaic System in Fruit Farming","authors":"S. Gölz, Franziska Larisch","doi":"10.52825/agripv.v1i.531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v1i.531","url":null,"abstract":"Public perception of Agri-PV cannot be reliably assessed at this time, in part because the agricultural context and appearance of each Agri-PV system varies widely. Therefore, within the research project \"Agri-PV Fruit Growing\", a social impact analysis of Agri-PV in a fruit growing region (predominantly apple growing) was carried out in May 2021 and interviews with local social representatives with public functions (multi-stakeholder approach) were conducted. The goal of the survey, which took place in parallel to the implementation of a pilot Agri-PV plant, was to get detailed insights to acceptance factors among the relevant stakeholder groups. As well, the implications regarding communication and informal participation in future Agri-PV plants will be elaborated.","PeriodicalId":517222,"journal":{"name":"AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings","volume":"62 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139896199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Agrivoltaic System in Thar Desert of India","authors":"S. Poonia, P. Santra","doi":"10.52825/agripv.v1i.601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v1i.601","url":null,"abstract":"The present study examined the performance of the 100 kWp agri-voltaic systems at ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur. The average PV generation from the 100 kWp AVS connected to the grid via a bi-directional energy meter or net meter was about 342 kWh day-1. The average yields of mung bean, moth bean, and cluster bean in the inter-row spaces between the modules in the two-row and three-row PV array were 1155, 670, and 2008 kg.ha-1, respectively. Thus, there were 4.6%, 8.6%, and 11.8% reductions in the yield of mung bean, moth bean, and cluster bean, respectively, in inter-row spaces between the panels compared to control. During Rabi (irrigated) 2021-22, the yield of chickpea, cumin, and isabgol (2490, 1000, and 700 kg ha-1, respectively) in interspaces of the AVS was lower than that of the control (2670, 1120, and 760 kg ha-1, respectively). AVS resulted in a yield reduction of 6.6, 10.3, and 7.8% in chickpea, cumin, and isabgol, respectively, compared to the control. The AVS shows the maximum IRR (20.38%), while PV-GM shows the lowest (19.42%) at the prevailing bank loan interest rate of 12%. The PBP estimated 7.47 years for AVS with irrigated crops and 8.11 years for AVS with rainfed crops, while it was 8.61 years for PV-GM. The lower value of the discounted PBP, the faster the repayment of the investment cost. Therefore, the highest LCOE (INR 3.45 kWh-1) is estimated based on the break-even electricity tariff in PV-GM, and the lowest LCOE is calculated in AVS (INR 3.17 kWh-1).","PeriodicalId":517222,"journal":{"name":"AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings","volume":"422 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139895829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}