How tall should a PV system be?

In our analysis, the height can take a value of 1, 2, or 3 m (in practice, this can be achieved by stacking several PV modules). The inter-row spacing can take a value of 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, 9, and 12 m. These two parameters enable to study the differences between dense and sparse installations.

What are the requirements for agrivoltaic systems?

It must be guaranteed that the simultaneous prioritized agricultural production of the land remains possible during the lifetime of the agrivoltaic system. The loss of land due to an agrivoltaic system must not exceed 10% of the total project area for category I and 15% for category II.

Can agrivoltaics improve land-use efficiency?

Concerning land-use competition between PV systems and agriculture, agrivoltaics enables an expansion of PV capacity while conserving farmland as a resource for food production. A dual-use of farmland considerably increases land-use efficiency.

What is agrivoltaics (APV)?

Agrivoltaics (APV) is defined as the simultaneous use of land for agriculture and PV systems. 8 - 10 Synergies can enable both the crops and the PV modules to benefit from this integration.

How much capacity is allocated to agrivoltaics?

Much of the capacity was given to PV greenhouses and only 11% was allocated towards open field agrivoltaics. The third round saw a higher overall capacity allocated towards agrivoltaics . The latest round of bidding allocated about 146.2 MWp towards innovations wherein agrivoltaics accounted for 80 MWp.

What are agrivoltaic use criteria for interspace cropping systems?

The German DIN SPEC presented in Section 5.6 addresses this issue setting criteria for a prioritized agricultural use of the land for agrivoltaic systems. Interspace cropping systems typically differ from overhead PV agrivoltaic approaches by having zero or little vertical clearance.