Spectrally Selective Modules for Agrivoltaics

Conference Paper: Spectrally Selective Modules for Agrivoltaics

Abstract

To combat the existential threat posed by anthropogenic climate change it is generally agreed that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are required to reach ‘net zero’ by 2050 [1]. If this is to be achieved cumulative global installation of photovoltaic (PV) generation will need to grow 100-fold from 0.9 TW today to approximately 70 TW by mid-century [2-4]. It is on land currently dedicated to agriculture that a majority of solar PV will be deployed globally. There are several drivers for this. Agricultural land is generally: already cleared, flat, free from protected status and close to existing transport infrastructure and population centres, allowing deployment and operation costs to be minimised. Most importantly though a large majority of solar PV deployment will occur close to existing electricity grid transmission infrastructure which is located around and between major population centres [4, 5]. The same areas in which the most productive agricultural land is located. This vast expansion of PV deployment into agricultural regions raises the pertinent question of how best to integrate solar PV with agriculture and as far as possible maximise the benefits to both.

Contains novel data

Topics

Microclimatology

Light and shading
PAR/PPFD

PV Technologies

Novel PV materials

Agrivoltaic Activity: Greenhouse

Author: I. L. Thomas

Conference: Asia-pacific Solar Research Conference; Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; 2022/11/29

Published

: Asia-pacific Solar Research Conference, 2022

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Citation

I. L. Thomas. 2022. Spectrally Selective Modules for Agrivoltaics. In: Asia-pacific Solar Research Conference; 2022/11/29; Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia: Asia-pacific Solar Research Conference; p.

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