Rutgers, the State College of New Jersey, has chosen options from SolarEdge Applied sciences Inc. as part of an progressive analysis and demonstration program to discover the potential of dual-use agrivoltaics for farmers throughout the state.
Rutgers analysis will help the Twin-Use Photo voltaic Power Pilot Program that will probably be administered by the NJBPU. The pilot program is a three-year, 200 MW agrivoltaics initiative with the aim of exploring the feasibility and advantages of agrivoltaics. The pilot program is a collaborative effort together with the NJBPU, the New Jersey Division of Agriculture, the State Agricultural Growth Committee, the New Jersey Division of Environmental Safety, and the Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program. The outcomes and information from the analysis program will probably be used to tell the institution of a everlasting Twin-Use Photo voltaic Program in New Jersey.
The Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program contains three websites, every utilizing a unique panel mounting technique to analyze the influence on agricultural manufacturing and electrical energy technology:
- Rutgers Animal Farm in New Brunswick has vertically mounted bifacial panels and will probably be used for the manufacturing of forage crops and beef cattle grazing (170 kW DC put in and grid-connected);
- Snyder Analysis and Extension Farm in Pittstown has single-axis trackers and will probably be used for hay manufacturing (94.5 kWDC put in and 82.4 kW DC grid-connected);
- Rutgers Agricultural Analysis and Extension Heart in Bridgeton has single axis trackers with each single-wide and double-wide rows of panels and will probably be used for the manufacturing of vegetable and staple crops (255 kW DC put in and 48.6 kW DC grid-connected)
At every website, the analysis will consider electrical energy output, utilizing Module Degree Energy Electronics (MLPE) for the measurement and evaluation of vitality manufacturing.
“The intention of our analysis is to develop data that can assist to determine practices that may assist enhance each the sustainability and viability of farms by way of protected and controlled adoption of photo voltaic vitality,” says Margaret Brennan-Tonetta, Director for Useful resource and Financial Growth and Senior Affiliate Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.
