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An agriPV project in Germany.

Fraunhofer ISE: Germany could add at least 500GW of agrivoltaics capacity

July 8, 2025
Germany could install 500GW of new solar agrivoltaics (agriPV) capacity on its most 'suitable' land, according to Fraunhofer ISE.
As part of the investment, Swap Robotics will welcome Silicon Ranch co-founder and CEO Reagan Farr to its board of directors. Image: Silicon Ranch.

Silicon Ranch invests US$3 million in Swap Robotics

June 3, 2025
US independent power producer (IPP) Silicon Ranch has invested US$3 million in autonomous robotics company Swap Robotics.
Covering an area of about 100 hectares, the project is scheduled for completion in March 2026.

Aquila Clean Energy starts construction at 52MW agriPV project in Italy

May 30, 2025
Independent power producer (IPP) Aquila Clean Energy has started construction on a 52MW agrivoltaics (agriPV) project in Italy.
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Octopus Australia receives GPS approval for 300MW solar-plus-storage site

May 20, 2025
Octopus Australia has received grid connection approval from AEMO for a 300MW solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales.
A bird on a solar panel.
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The solar backlash and how developers are responding

May 5, 2025
Tom Kenning investigates the scale of local opposition to solar projects and the measures developers are employing to win back support.
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Genesis, FRV Australia open New Zealand’s ‘largest’ solar PV power plant

April 30, 2025
Genesis Energy has officially opened the 63MWp Lauriston site, which it claims is the country’s largest solar PV power plant.
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JA Solar delivers DeepBlue modules for Suji Sandland agriPV project

April 22, 2025
JA Solar has started delivery of 1GW of its DeepBlue 4.0 Pro modules to the 2GW Suji Sandland project in Inner Mongolia, China.
Lightweight solar agriPV modules with weather protection covering cherry trees in Germany

Fraunhofer ISE develops lightweight agriPV modules to mount on crops

April 8, 2025
Scientists at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and weather protection provider VOEN have developed lightweight modules for agrivoltaics (agriPV) applications.
An agriPV project.

Italy launches second agriPV tender to allocate €320 million

April 2, 2025
Held by Italy’s energy management agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE), the tender will allocate €323 million (US$349 million) to fund agriPV projects.
An agriPV project.
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Agrivoltaics: towards the optimisation of the solar resource for energy and food

March 31, 2025
Hugo Sánchez Ortiz reports on some of the findings of research into how best to balance land use for energy and food production.

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