Agri-voltaics or Solar farming: the concept of integrating solar PV based electricity generation and crop production in a single land use system

Priyabrata Santra, P C Pande`, Suresh Kumar`, Dinesh Mishra, Ranjay Singh

Abstract


In view of future requirement of both energy and food, agri-voltaic system (AVS) has been proposed as a “mixed systems associating solar panels and crop at the same time on the same land areaâ€. Considering the available land area between PV rows and wash out water from PV panels along with harvested rainwater from panel, few crops which can be grown in agri-voltaic system were screened based on their height, water requirement and shade tolerance characteristics. However, for future establishment of agri-voltaic system in India, performance of crops at different agro-climatic zones needs to be carried out through field experimentation.  


Keywords


Agri-voltaic system; PV based electricity generation; Food production; Land productivity; Renewable energy

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