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so called agrivoltaics will have certain very limited applications, and putting pv panels on the many very large agricultural buildings roofs, is much easier to

so called agrivoltaics will have certain very limited applications, and putting pv panels on the many very large agricultural buildings roofs, is much easier to integrate. A big risk with "agrivoltaics" is that they will in fact destroy the agricultural potential of land and then become the only source of income for the "farmers" , therby converting protected agricultural land, into purely industrial uses. Putting solar pv over canals is a better option, it reduces evaporation, while providing a cooler operating enviroment for the panels, in places that have no real constraints with developing them further.Also resevoirs can benifit/help in the same way with floating solar pv.

KaiserPro 2y ago
> putting pv panels on the many very large agricultural buildings roofs, is much easier to integrate for industrial farming yes. This study is aimed at subsistence farmers in africa. ones that don't have much mechanisation. > will in fact destroy the agricultural potential of land Given that this study highlights the water conservation features of agrivoltaics, I'd say it has a greater chance of stopping salinisation of agricultural land from over irrigation. > Also resevoirs can benifit/help in the same way with floating solar pv. again, this is aimed at african farmers with limited infrastructure. this would be the stepping stone to getting cheap electricity