Performance evaluation for agrovoltaic DC generation in tropical climatic conditions

Othman, Noor Fadzlinda; Yap, Swee Keong; Ya’acob, Mohammad Effendy; Hizam, Hashim; Su, Ahmad Suhaizi Mat; Iskandar, Noor

doi:10.1063/1.5118014

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“…Furthermore, efforts to reduce CO 2 emissions and promote sustainable energy are always gaining international support [60]. Thus, these AVS initiatives are highly in line with Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus [9,13,14,34,61] and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [28,32,56,[62][63][64].…”

Section: Benefits Of Agrivoltaic Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Numerous methods are constantly being developed to improve the effectiveness of this technology. However, AVS applications are still in their early stages, therefore there is plenty of room for technological advancements and expanded application fields [14,34,61,62,[71][72][73]. Thus, this paper is written to discuss the consideration of AVS architecture with design criteria for solar photovoltaic systems and agronomic managements to improve the AVS outputs.…”

Section: Land Equivalent Ratiomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among the constraints are (1) the need for long-term land productivity. Farmers, for example, are concerned about the longevity [61] Next, there are hybrid methods that aim to combine both energy performance and agriculture production targets, in addition to agriculture-centric and energy-centric approaches to the co-location of solar energy technologies and agriculture. Known as agriculturalenergy-centric, these methods could result in lower agriculture and energy production; however, other advantages make co-location preferable, including additional revenue streams [107].…”

Section: Agricultural Sector Perspective On Agrivoltaic Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The active solar tracker uses sensors and motors [77,88] to control the rotational angle of the PV axis and allows them to follow the sun's trajectory directly [4,78,101,132], or based on a tracking algorithm [27,49,53,78,133]. For AVS conditions, the integration of a solar tracker in the AVS is focused on creating an ingenious partnership between both parties to optimize the productions of electricity and agriculture [28,30,61,87,110]. A specific and improvised tracking algorithm can be developed to optimize light penetration beneath the solar structure to suit selected crops while balancing the energy production [47,53,101].…”

Section: Solar Tracker For Agrivoltaic Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Besides that, crop selection can also reduce the effect of the heterogeneous shade pattern of the PV array [11,25,28]. This can be seen in the experiment conducted by [61] using Java Plant Tea in Malaysia. The result obtained shows a good agreement between the selected crop and the PV panels above them that act as their artificial shading.…”

Section: Agronomic Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Solar Photovoltaic Architecture and Agronomic Management in Agrivoltaic System: A Review

2021

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Agrivoltaic systems (AVS) offer a symbiotic strategy for co-location sustainable renewable energy and agricultural production. This is particularly important in densely populated developing and developed countries, where renewable energy development is becoming more important; however, profitable farmland must be preserved. As emphasized in the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus, AVS advancements should not only focus on energy management, but also agronomic management (crop and water management). Thus, we critically review the important factors that influence the decision of energy management (solar PV architecture) and agronomic management in AV systems. The outcomes show that solar PV architecture and agronomic management advancements are reliant on (1) solar radiation qualities in term of light intensity and photosynthetically activate radiation (PAR), (2) AVS categories such as energy-centric, agricultural-centric, and agricultural-energy-centric, and (3) shareholder perspective (especially farmers). Next, several adjustments for crop selection and management are needed due to light limitation, microclimate condition beneath the solar structure, and solar structure constraints. More importantly, a systematic irrigation system is required to prevent damage to the solar panel structure. To summarize, AVS advancements should be carefully planned to ensure the goals of reducing reliance on non-renewable sources, mitigating global warming effects, and meeting the FEW initiatives.

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Solar Photovoltaic Architecture and Agronomic Management in Agrivoltaic System: A Review

2021

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Environmental benefits of co-located photovoltaic and greenery systems: A review on the operational performance and assessment framework across climate zones

Rahmaniah

Tay

2023

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

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A Mini-Review of Current Activities and Future Trends in Agrivoltaics

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Loktionov²,

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Agrivoltaics (Agri-PV, AV) – the joint use of land for the production of agricultural products and energy – has recently been rapidly gaining popularity, as it can significantly increase income per unit of land area. In a broad sense, AV systems can include converters of not only solar, but also energy from any other local renewable source, including bioenergy. Current approach to AV represents an evolutionary development of agroecology and integrated PV power supply to the grid. That results in nearly doubled income per unit area. While AV could provide a basis for revolution in large-scale unmanned precision agriculture and smart farming which is impossible without on-site power supply, chemical fertilisation and pesticides reduction, and yield processing on-site. These approaches could change the logistics and the added value production chain in agriculture dramatically, and so, reduce its carbon footprint. Utilisation of decommissioned solar panels in AV could make the technology twice cheaper and postpone the need for bulk PV recycling. Unlike the mainstream discourse on the topic, this review feature is in focusing on the possibilities for AV to be stronger integrated into agriculture that could also help in relevant legal collisions (considered as neither rather than both components) resolution.

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Performance evaluation for agrovoltaic DC generation in tropical climatic conditions

Cited by 5 publications

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Solar Photovoltaic Architecture and Agronomic Management in Agrivoltaic System: A Review

Solar Photovoltaic Architecture and Agronomic Management in Agrivoltaic System: A Review

Environmental benefits of co-located photovoltaic and greenery systems: A review on the operational performance and assessment framework across climate zones

A Mini-Review of Current Activities and Future Trends in Agrivoltaics

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