Agrivoltaics help to realize BLUE plan

The local consumption of electricity by agrivoltaics (APV) is the best way to relieve the pressure on the power grid and reduce the transmission cost, meanwhile the plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL) faces the problem of high electricity costs and high vegetable costs. The article introduces two innovative agrivoltaics systems, both of which can achieve photovoltaic (PV) power generation without affecting growth of some crops. For example, the production of Ginger both increase under the two systems compared with the open air in 2020. The application of PV-powered container PFAL in plateau areas also has been introduced. At last, the team proposed the BLUE plan to coordinate APV and PFAL technologies to achieve on-site and efficient use of PV power, greatly reduce the cost of PFAL vegetables without affecting farmland cultivation, and at the same time greatly boost light using efficiency.