‘Photovoltaic landscapes’: Design and assessment. A critical review for a new transdisciplinary design vision

Scognamiglio, Alessandra

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.072

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“…It is also pivotal in community acceptance of wind projects and transmission lines (Aas et al, 2014;Wolsink, 2013a). The proliferation of solar arrays has again emphasised the visual as a major topic in public and community acceptance (Chiabrando, Fabrizio, & Garnero, 2010;Scognamiglio, 2016).…”

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“…Similarly for ground-based PV arrays, patterns with stripes or random patterns are being studied as a replacement for the typical orthogonal grid (Scognamiglio, 2016). Unfortunately, the assumption that visual impact is primarily understood as the aesthetics of wind turbines or PV arrays is a misconception.…”

Section: Perceived Landscape Quality Vs Technology Aestheticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Co-production in distributed generation: renewable energy and creating space for fitting infrastructure within landscapes

Wolsink

2017

Landscape Research

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This review describes the infrastructural elements of the socio-technical system of power supply based on renewables and the role of landscape concerns in decision-making about emerging 'intelligent grids' . The considerable land areas required for energy infrastructure call for sizable 'distributed generation' close to energy consumption. Securing community acceptance of renewables' infrastructure, perceived impacts on the community, and 'landscape justice' requires two types of co-production: in power supply and in making space available. With co-production, landscape issues are prominent, for some options dominant. However, 'objectification' of landscape, such as the use of 'visibility' as proxy for 'visual impact' , is part of lingering centralised and hierarchical approaches to the deployment of renewables. Institutional tendencies of centralisation and hierarchy, in power supply management as well as in siting, should be replaced by coproduction, as follows from common pool resources theory. Co-production is the key to respecting landscape values, furthering justice, and achieving community acceptance.

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Section: Landscape As Visual Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Perceived Landscape Quality Vs Technology Aestheticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Co-production in distributed generation: renewable energy and creating space for fitting infrastructure within landscapes

Wolsink

2017

Landscape Research

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“…Photovoltaic landscape has been transformed not only to cater for clean energy generation but also a new transdisciplinary design of land used and extended to ecological performances and beneficial impacts [5]. The increasing of number and size of installation especially large scale solar PV farm may impacts in terms of the land scarcity and ecosystem services.…”

Section: Agrivoltaic Technology Adaptation For Malaysia Green Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most of the solar PV installation today are ground-mounted arrays and implies the fix structure PV panel. The adaptation of solar PV in large scale area need to be more future oriented by improving their design and the cost effective installation [5]. The idea of the AV or solar farming can be defined as an alternative conversion of agriculture (farming) into photovoltaics (solar panel) in a single land use system to optimize the yield [6].…”

Section: Agrivoltaic Technology Adaptation For Malaysia Green Economymentioning

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Promising Potentials of Agrivoltaic Systems for the Development of Malaysia Green Economy

Othman

Ya’acob

2018

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…The sustainable solar city design combines urban planning integrated with solar energy [13], using the core theory of "energy landscape" [14]. Based on the energy landscape theory, concerns over the design and assessment of "photovoltaic landscapes" [15] are increasing. The concept of a photovoltaic landscape means that photovoltaic systems should be designed as an element of the landscape to which they belong to reduce the visual impact of photovoltaic systems.…”

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The Impact of Photovoltaic Applications on Urban Landscapes Based on Visual Q Methodology

2018

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Abstract:In recent years, the installation of photovoltaic systems in China has increased steadily to gradually become large-scale, having a significant impact on the urban landscape. Research on this impact mostly focuses on visual impact and glare risk. However, differences in urban land use types may lead to differences in the impact of photovoltaic applications on the landscape. This study adapts visual Q methodology to assess the impact of photovoltaic applications on the landscape in urban areas. Landscape photographs of photovoltaic applications in different cities of China are collected and used during the concourse and Q sorting. The final Q sample is composed of 36 photographs of different photovoltaic materials at different levels of integration in six urban land use types. The P set is composed of 36 respondents, including experts and non-experts. In conclusion, environmental harmony, power generation, innovative design, installation height, and social benefits of photovoltaic systems are the main impacts of photovoltaic systems on urban landscapes. Photovoltaic systems in different urban land use types have different impacts on the landscape. The conclusions have policy implications for different urban land use types, which has significance for the construction of urban photovoltaic systems in the future.

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‘Photovoltaic landscapes’: Design and assessment. A critical review for a new transdisciplinary design vision

Cited by 120 publications

References 51 publications

Co-production in distributed generation: renewable energy and creating space for fitting infrastructure within landscapes

Co-production in distributed generation: renewable energy and creating space for fitting infrastructure within landscapes

Promising Potentials of Agrivoltaic Systems for the Development of Malaysia Green Economy

The Impact of Photovoltaic Applications on Urban Landscapes Based on Visual Q Methodology

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