agrivoltaics

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at Southern Europe, where pricing, grid capacity and the ban of PV on farmland are causing headaches.

Caroline Plaza looks at how new business models involving farmers, landowners and energy companies could open up new opportunities in agriPV.

BayWa r.e. has completed the construction of five solar farms, with a combined capacity of 136MW, on two former military bases in France.

Community solar developer Lightstar Renewables confirmed on Thursday (8 August) that it has been approved to participate in the ‘Solar Neighbourhood Plan’ in Detroit, US, by the City Council.

The land in question excludes natural reserves and high-value agricultural areas under “strict agricultural, environmental and technical criteria for hosting onshore wind and solar projects.”

A roundup of two agrivoltaics projects from different sides of the world, from US PV developer Avangrid and Lodestone Energy in New Zealand.

Lincoln University revealed plans on Wednesday (10 July) to develop New Zealand’s first ‘high-value’ agrivoltaic (agriPV) solar farm.

Doral Renewables plans to begin commercial operations at its 400MW Mammoth North solar project in the US state of Indiana this summer.

Passing legislation about agriPV would kickstart the development of such projects in Greece and keep workforce in villages.

Interest in co-locating solar PV with energy storage is increasing in Southern Europe, as grid curtailments and negative or near zero prices for solar PV become more frequent.