In simple terms

Agrisolar refers to the integration of solar PV projects within an agricultural activity. It includes a variety of business models, co-designed between the solar and the agricultural sectors such as Agrivoltaic (or Agri-PV) systems, the deployment of PV on the roof of agricultural buildings or, powering agricultural machinery with solar power.

Agrisolar offers a turnkey solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector, deploy additional solar capacity, promote more sustainable agricultural practices, reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture, and drive rural development.

Agri-PV systems are Agrisolar solutions where a PV installation and a sustainable agricultural activity are co-located, and light management is performed. In other words, Agri-PV projects optimise the quantity and quality of light that reaches crops and the PV cells.

Through Agrisolar, solar contributes to make agriculture more sustainable, competitive, and resilient to climate change. Furthermore, it is fully beneficial to farmers, with whom the solar sector is working to improve agricultural yields while simultaneously generating clean electricity.

Co-locating solar above agriculture can contribute to lowering the water needs of agriculture by shielding crops from heat and by reducing evapotranspiration. One study indicated that, depending on the level of shading from PV panels, water savings could reach between 14-29%.

A growing number of farms and agricultural businesses are looking to solar to power their daily operations. Thanks in part to the Solar Energy Technologies Office's investments, the cost of going solar has declined, enabling more installations across the country. We advise more farmers to start adopting solar power in their farms.

Durability

Agri-PV systems are generally cheaper to maintain along the long run which makes them more durable.

Neat source of energy

No one cares about mother nature more than farmers, adopting Agrosolar keeps your farm clean, less noisy and no toxic chemicals are released to the atmosphere.