A review of research on agrivoltaic systems

MA Al Mamun, P Dargusch, D Wadley… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The expansion of large-scale photovoltaic (PV) power generation is essential to global
efforts to mitigate climate change. A constraint to such PV development is its extensive …

Progress and challenges of crop production and electricity generation in agrivoltaic systems using semi-transparent photovoltaic technology

S Gorjian, E Bousi, ÖE Özdemir, M Trommsdorff… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The world population and consequently the global need for food continue to grow. At the
same time, areas will be used to generate clean electricity to cope with climate change and …

Combining food and energy production: Design of an agrivoltaic system applied in arable and vegetable farming in Germany

M Trommsdorff, J Kang, C Reise, S Schindele… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Combining agriculture and photovoltaics on the same land area gains in attention and
political support in a growing number of countries accompanied by notable research …

[HTML][HTML] The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy

DJ Van de Ven, I Capellan-Peréz, I Arto, I Cazcarro… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Although the transition to renewable energies will intensify the global competition for land,
the potential impacts driven by solar energy remain unexplored. In this work, the potential …

Agrophotovoltaic systems: applications, challenges, and opportunities. A review

A Weselek, A Ehmann, S Zikeli, I Lewandowski… - Agronomy for …, 2019 - Springer
The expansion of renewable energies aims at meeting the global energy demand while
replacing fossil fuels. However, it requires large areas of land. At the same time, food …

Remarkable agrivoltaic influence on soil moisture, micrometeorology and water-use efficiency

E Hassanpour Adeh, JS Selker, CW Higgins - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Power demands are set to increase by two-fold within the current century and a high fraction
of that demand should be met by carbon free sources. Among the renewable energies, solar …

Green or not? Environmental challenges from photovoltaic technology

H Zhang, Z Yu, C Zhu, R Yang, B Yan, G Jiang - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
The booming demands for energy and the drive towards low-carbon energy sources have
prompted a worldwide emerging constructions of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy facilities …

A first investigation of agriculture sector perspectives on the opportunities and barriers for agrivoltaics

AS Pascaris, C Schelly, JM Pearce - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Agrivoltaic systems are a strategic and innovative approach to combine solar photovoltaic
(PV)-based renewable energy generation with agricultural production. Recognizing the …

How green is 'green'energy?

L Gibson, EN Wilman, WF Laurance - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2017 - cell.com
Renewable energy is an important piece of the puzzle in meeting growing energy demands
and mitigating climate change, but the potentially adverse effects of such technologies are …

Cross-sectoral perspectives (chapter 12)

M Babiker, G Berndes, K Blok, B Cohen, A Cowie… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The total emission mitigation potential achievable by the year 2030, calculated based on
sectoral assessments, is sufficient to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to half of the …