SolarPower Europe has developed an agrisolar digital map showcasing greater than 200 initiatives throughout 10 European nations, with a complete capability exceeding 15 GW.
SolarPower Europe has revealed a digital map highlighting greater than 200 agrivoltaic initiatives throughout Europe.
The featured initiatives, each pilot and industrial, equate to greater than 15 GW of mixed capability. They characterize a collection of applied sciences, together with ground-mounted PV, inter-row PV, dynamic PV, overhead PV, farm rooftop PV, and photo voltaic greenhouses, all tailor-made to accommodate completely different agricultural actions.
Up to now, the map options initiatives in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Lina Dubina, coverage adviser at SolarPower Europe, stated the map unveils how agrisolar and farming can go hand in hand to assist a mess of crops.
“Agrisolar may combine with livestock farming practices, together with sheep grazing, cows, hens, and beekeeping,” she added. “”Many agrisolar initiatives featured on the map incorporate biodiversity initiatives aimed toward preserving and enhancing ecosystems. These initiatives embrace monitoring wildflowers in addition to varied animal species, additional underscoring the environmental advantages of agrisolar integration.”
Customers can filter the initiatives by capability, expertise sort, software, venture sort, nation and growing firm. Among the many largest initiatives featured is a 79 MW floor mounted PV array the place free vary chickens reside beneath photo voltaic panels, developed by Vattenfall in Tützpatz, Germany, and a 87.88 MW farm rooftop PV venture, developed by Solar’Agri in La Mure, France.
Final yr, SolarPower Europe launched greatest observe tips for agrivoltaics. In latest weeks, France, Catalonia and Czechia have all launched steerage for adopting the expertise.
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