Opportunities for agrivoltaic systems to achieve synergistic food-energy-environmental needs and address sustainability goals

LJ Walston, T Barley, I Bhandari, B Campbell… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Achieving decarbonization goals to address global climate change and increasing energy
needs requires significant continued investments in solar energy. The expansion of utility …

Optimized agrivoltaic tracking for nearly-full commodity crop and energy production

EK Grubbs, SM Gruss, VZ Schull, MJ Gosney… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
As the global population accelerates toward a full earth scenario, food, energy, and water
demands will increase dramatically. The first order constraints that face resource generation …

[HTML][HTML] Optimisation of vertically mounted agrivoltaic systems

PE Campana, B Stridh, S Amaducci… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agrivoltaic systems represent a key technology for reaching sustainable development goals,
by reducing the competition of land used for food versus land used for electricity. Moreover …

Increasing land productivity with agriphotovoltaics: Application to an alfalfa field

S Edouard, D Combes, M Van Iseghem, MNW Tin… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Agriphotovoltaic systems, consisting of the combination of crops and photovoltaic panels
(PVPs) on the same area, have recently emerged as an opportunity to solve the competition …

[HTML][HTML] Geospatial assessment of elevated agrivoltaics on arable land in Europe to highlight the implications on design, land use and economic level

B Willockx, C Lavaert, J Cappelle - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Agrivoltaic systems (a combination of agricultural crop production and photovoltaics (PV) on
the same land) have an increasing interest. Realizing this upcoming technology raises still …

Grassland carbon-water cycling is minimally impacted by a photovoltaic array

SA Kannenberg, MA Sturchio, MD Venturas… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Agrivoltaic systems, whereby photovoltaic arrays are co-located with crop or forage
production, can alleviate the tension between expanding solar development and loss of …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a typology of solar energy landscapes: Mixed-production, nature based and landscape inclusive solar power transitions

D Oudes, A Van Den Brink, S Stremke - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of ground-mounted solar power plants (SPP) is no longer limited to
remote and low population density areas, but arrives in urban and rural landscapes where …

Agrivoltaic engineering and layout optimization approaches in the transition to renewable energy technologies: A review

M Reasoner, A Ghosh - Challenges, 2022 - mdpi.com
As more nations move towards net-zero emission goals by 2050, research into the coupling
of photovoltaics (PV) and agriculture has increased into a new sector of agrivoltaics (AV) …

Ecovoltaic principles for a more sustainable, ecologically informed solar energy future

MA Sturchio, AK Knapp - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
The majority of power generated by photovoltaic energy infrastructure is derived from
ground-mounted solar arrays that prioritize energy production, minimize operating costs …

How to reconcile renewable energy and agricultural production in a drying world

AH Schweiger, L Pataczek - Plants, People, Planet, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Renewable energies such as photovoltaics can mitigate climate
change by replacing fossil fuels, but they will compete with other forms of land use when …