Agrivoltaics has only limited commercial application, despite its potential to adapt agriculture to the effects of the climate crisis. Looking for an answer on how agrivoltaics can achieve commercial breakthrough, we assume that agrivoltaics provides synergetic value to agriculture depending on the context. We perform a Techno-Economic Assessment based on the case of a horticulture farm in central Chile, where high irradiation causes adverse effects to lettuce. This allows us to monetize agrivoltaics synergetic characteristics of maintaining cropland and providing shading. We present a low-cost agrivoltaics design adapted to Chilean horticulture and find that the consideration of the agricultural context leads to a higher Net Present Value and shorter payback period for an agrivoltaics plant compared to a ground-mounted photovoltaic plant. This implies that a decisive step towards commercial success is identifying the right agricultural context, where agrivoltaics can create economic synergies for agriculture by providing climatic protection.
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28 June 2021
AGRIVOLTAICS2020 CONFERENCE: Launching Agrivoltaics World-wide
14–16 October 2020
Perpignan, France, Online
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June 28 2021
Agrivoltaics for farmers with shadow and electricity demand: Results of a pre-feasibility study under net billing in central Chile
David Jung;
David Jung
a)
Fraunhofer Chile Research – Center for Solar Energy Technologies
, General del Canto 421, Oficina 402. Providencia, Santiago, Chile
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Alois Salmon;
Alois Salmon
b)
Fraunhofer Chile Research – Center for Solar Energy Technologies
, General del Canto 421, Oficina 402. Providencia, Santiago, Chile
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Patricia Gese
Patricia Gese
c)
Fraunhofer Chile Research – Center for Solar Energy Technologies
, General del Canto 421, Oficina 402. Providencia, Santiago, Chile
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AIP Conf. Proc. 2361, 030001 (2021)
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David Jung, Alois Salmon, Patricia Gese; Agrivoltaics for farmers with shadow and electricity demand: Results of a pre-feasibility study under net billing in central Chile. AIP Conf. Proc. 28 June 2021; 2361 (1): 030001. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0054962
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