ENERGY · Improved system design for innovative PV applications (EUPI-PV Partnership)

Agrivoltaics or the co-location of agricultural activity and PV electricity production is a novel form of PV deployment which could provide farmers with diversified revenue sources and ecological benefits, while reducing land use competition, siting restrictions or adverse impacts on biodiversity and agricultural production. Optimizing system designs and business practices will help to enable simultaneous land use creating synergy for both agriculture and electricity…

Proposals must address only one of the two areas (agriPV or offshore/nearshore PV). They are expected to demonstrate: • A comprehensive (system) modelling for an accurate and reliable energy yield assessment with comparable methodologies for biodiversity, plant-yield and quality in the case of agriPV, as well as power generation. • Advanced system components and system concepts/architectures of adequate scale that minimise impact on land/sea/environment while maximizing…