Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su13126871
Keywords
agrivoltaics; land use; photovoltaic design assessment; landscape; PV greenhouse; PV pattern; integrated photovoltaics
Funding
- Italian Ministry of Economic Development
- ENEA for Research on the Electric System
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Photovoltaics are becoming increasingly important in the energy transition strategies of many countries, with agrivoltaics emerging as a promising solution for the food-energy nexus. With demonstrative projects developing worldwide, there is a focus on efficient design solutions for scaling up to commercial levels, while also considering ecological impacts and landscape transformation issues.
As an answer to the increasing demand for photovoltaics as a key element in the energy transition strategy of many countries-which entails land use issues, as well as concerns regarding landscape transformation, biodiversity, ecosystems and human well-being-new approaches and market segments have emerged that consider integrated perspectives. Among these, agrivoltaics is emerging as very promising for allowing benefits in the food-energy (and water) nexus. Demonstrative projects are developing worldwide, and experience with varied design solutions suitable for the scale up to commercial scale is being gathered based primarily on efficiency considerations; nevertheless, it is unquestionable that with the increase in the size, from the demonstration to the commercial scale, attention has to be paid to ecological impacts associated to specific design choices, and namely to those related to landscape transformation issues. This study reviews and analyzes the technological and spatial design options that have become available to date implementing a rigorous, comprehensive analysis based on the most updated knowledge in the field, and proposes a thorough methodology based on design and performance parameters that enable us to define the main attributes of the system from a trans-disciplinary perspective.
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