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