AgriPV for fruit and horticulture
Row spacing is essentially determined by the type of fruit being grown, and the division into two groups has proven effective in practice: Lower elevations for berry crops or horticulture and higher elevations for tree crops such as pome or stone fruit crops.
For both types of installation, row spacing is 5-6 m, resulting in the high connected loads per hectare (ha) shown in the table below as well.
*Basis: B40-305 Wp modules with 40% transparency
**Lake Constance area 1,100 kWh/kWp
The use of bifacial modules even results in additional yields of 10-15 %.
A system above a pome fruit orchard (e.g. apple trees) yields approx. 985 kWh/KWp in the Lake Constance area and over 1200 kWh/KWp in South Tyrol.
Standard dimensions: a = 3m
c = 3.1 m (BerryPV); c = 4 m (PomePV)
The row width (b) is chosen to match the plantings. At 5m, the racks are close together.
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Case study:
Solar power over an apple orchard
The agri-PV pilot plant above the apple orchard of the Bernhard fruit farm consists of a metal frame on which solar modules are mounted. These are particularly stable Almaden double-glass modules with a transparency of around 40%. The green electricity generated is fed into the grid of the energy supplier Regionalwerk Bodensee. " Agri-photovoltaics is a great opportunity for agriculture, sustainability and energy supply ," said Prime Minister Kretschmann, who came to the inauguration of the plant. It offers protection against weather events such as hail, heavy rain or night frost. The system is also intended to reduce the use of pesticides, plant diseases and pest infestations.
Initial interim results from the Fraunhofer ISE Institute on the research project on the agri-PV plant installed two years ago in Kressborn show that
the crops grown under the systems benefit from partial shading,
the modules also produce more electricity than previously expected thanks to the cooling by the plants,
70% of the pesticides were saved on the area under the agri-PV plant,
irrigation requirements were reduced by 50%,
the agri-PV plant produces over 20% more electricity than the consortium had expected based on the simulations (according to PVSyst).
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