The First International AgriVoltaics Conference Will Take Place From October 14-16, 2020 in Perpignan, France.
AgriVoltaics 2020
Agrivoltaics combines the agricultural use of land with the production of electric energy by photovoltaics. It provides solutions for the production of food crops and, at the same time, electricity generation under consideration of soil protection and water savings.
AgriVoltaics2020 will cover all aspects, from science to application, reflecting the wide thematic range. The program will comprise of scientific presentations, chosen from a reviewing process, and invited high-level keynote talks. An exhibition, a conference dinner, and a technical tour to installations, from innovative test facilities to best practice, will supplement the program.
Managing Partners:
INRA
PSE Conferences & Consulting GmbH
Fraunhofer ISE
Date
October 14-16, 2020
Venue
Perpignan, France
Language
English
Participants
· Researchers from PV and agriculture (including biology and hydrology) and those working "in-between";
· Companies such as PV module, mounting systems, and tracker manufacturers, EPC companies, renewable energy producers, as well as those providing farm machinery equipment and seed producers;
· Organic farming associations, agricultural federations, and similar stakeholder groups;
· Experts from politics and finance open for innovative and future-oriented ideas.
Deadline for early bird: August 12, 2020
Scientific Topics
Agrivoltaics systems:
· System assessment and performance indicators
· System models and simulation
· Decision support systems and optimization methods
The management of agriculture production under photovoltaic panels:
· Shade tolerance, crop adaptation to agrivoltaics systems
· Plant growth models
· Variety selection
· Plant pathology
· Agronomic monitoring
· Livestock management
· Water management, rain harvest, and water storage
· Soil protection
Technical aspects:
· Data sharing and analytics
· PV panels for agrivoltaics (bifacial, thin-film, organic PV, lead-free perovskite, spectral splitting, CPV...)
· Agrivoltaics mounting systems and geometries (row distances, vertical clearances, PV row width, trackers, etc.)
· Shadowing ratios
· Case studies, best-practice technologies
· Quality assurance and standardization, safety
· Smart farming and artificial intelligence solutions
Social and economic aspects:
· Agrivoltaics in public policies
· Agrivoltaics promotion and dissemination
· Ethics of Agrivoltaics
Other
Venue
Palais de Rois de Majorque
Rue des Archers
66000 Perpignan, France
Contact:
info@agrivoltaics-conference.org
www.agrivoltaics-conference.org
PSE Conferences & Consulting GmbH
Emmy-Noether-Str. 2
79110 Freiburg
Beatrix Feuerbach, Head of Conference Management
T (+49) 761 - 769 918 -20