Agrivoltaic systems to optimise land use for electric energy production

Stefano Amaducci, Xinyou Yin and Michele Colauzzi

Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 220, issue C, 545-561

Abstract: A system combining soil grown crops with photovoltaic panels (PV) installed several meters above the ground is referred to as agrivoltaic systems. In this work a patented agrivoltaic solar tracking system named Agrovoltaico®, was examined in combination with a maize crop in a simulation study. To this purpose a software platform was developed coupling a radiation and shading model to the generic crop growth simulator GECROS. The simulation was conducted using a 40-year climate dataset from a location in North Italy, rainfed maize and different Agrovoltaico configurations (that differ according to panel density and sun-tracking set up). Control simulations for an irrigated maize crop under full light were added to results.

Keywords: Agrivoltaic; Modeling; Land use efficiency; Photovoltaic panels; Maize; Biogas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.081

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