Advancement in Agriculture Approaches with Agrivoltaics Natural Cooling in Large Scale Solar PV Farms

Noor Fadzlinda Othman (), Mohammad Effendy Ya’acob (), Li Lu, Ahmad Hakiim Jamaluddin, Ahmad Suhaizi Mat Su, Hashim Hizam, Rosnah Shamsudin and Juju Nakasha Jaafar
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Noor Fadzlinda Othman: Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohammad Effendy Ya’acob: Hybrid Agrivoltaic System Showcase (HAVs), Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
Li Lu: Department of Electrical and Electronic, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
Ahmad Hakiim Jamaluddin: Department of Statistics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
Ahmad Suhaizi Mat Su: Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
Hashim Hizam: Department of Electrical and Electronic, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
Rosnah Shamsudin: Department of Process and Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
Juju Nakasha Jaafar: Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-18

Abstract: The increasing concerns about the impact of large-scale solar photovoltaic farms on the environment and the energy crisis have raised many questions. This issue is mainly addressed by the integration of agriculture advancement in solar photovoltaic systems infrastructure facilities, commonly known as agrivoltaic. Through the use of these systems, the production of crops can be increased, and the efficiency of PV panels can be improved. Accordingly, adopting such synergistic paths forward can contribute toward building resilient energy-generation and food-production systems. The utilization of cooling techniques can provide a potential solution for the excessive heating of PV cells and lower cell temperatures. Effective cooling applied to PV cells significantly improves their electrical efficiency, as well as increasing their lifespan because of decreasing thermal stresses. This paper shares an overview of both active and passive cooling approaches in solar PV applications with an emphasis on newly developed agrivoltaic natural cooling systems. Actual data analysis at the 2 MWp Puchong agrivoltaic farm shows a significant value of 3% increase of the DC generation (on average) which is most beneficial to solar farm operators.

Keywords: agriculture advancement; large scale solar; natural cooling; agrivoltaic; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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