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Agri-voltaic system for climate-smart agriculture and clean energy generation

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Title Agri-voltaic system for climate-smart agriculture and clean energy generation
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Creator Santra, P.
 
Subject Agri-voltaic system
Solar farming
Renewable energy in agriculture
Collocation of solar and agriculture
 
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Production of food grain through photosynthesis process requires land as
basic resources. Similarly, conversion of solar energy to electrical energy
through photovoltaic process also requires land for its installation.
Therefore, competition for land may arise in future for agricultural use
and PV based electricity generation. There is possibility that solar PV based
electricity production will be preferred over agriculture because of higher
efficiency of photovoltaic process (~15%) than photosynthetic process (~3%)
specifically in those areas where solar irradiation is available in plenty
however, land productivity potential is low. Substantial focus on renewable
energy based electricity generation in future with solar PV as a dominating
contributor throughout the world may further aggravate the situation.
However, food is the basic need for survival of human being. Therefore, it
is thought of producing both simultaneously from a single land unit through
agri-photovoltaic system. Agri-photovoltaic system is defined as crop
production and photovoltaic based electricity generation from a single land
unit. The rainwater harvesting system from top surface of PV modules in
agri-photovoltaic system has the capability to provide water for cleaning
purpose and supplemental irrigation to crops in agri-voltaic system.
Moreover, the agri-voltaic system helps in clean energy generation from
cultivable area and thus may be a potential tool to mitigate the adverse
effect of climate change. In this paper, technical details of agri-voltaic
system along with its potential to produce crop, generate energy and harvest
rain water is discussed.
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Date 2018-11-12T11:43:44Z
2018-11-12T11:43:44Z
2018-02-05
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
0971-975X
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/10570
 
Language English
 
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