What is agrivoltaics?

Agrivoltaics or Agri-PV is an agricultural management system that supports agriculture as its main use and at the same time generates electricity from solar energy. The focus remains on the production of food and animal feed. Agrivoltaic plays a central role not only in the areas of nutrition and energy supply.

Are agrivoltaics a good idea?

Agrivoltaic systems are growing strongly and enable dual use of the land for both agriculture and energy production. In the past, ground-mounted PV systems competed with orchard cultivation or livestock keeping, but the Next2Sun concept now offers an ideal solution! What makes agrivoltaics useful?

Why should farmers use agrivoltaics?

Quite the opposite: using agrivoltaics, farmers can take advantage of revenue from both foodstuffs and electricity. In addition, this dual use prevents competition for land between the food industry and electricity production, reducing the pressure resulting from an increasing shortage of space and land sealing.

Who is next2sun agrivoltaics for?

Our Next2Sun agrivoltaics concept is aimed at both energy providers and land owners – whether farmers, municipalities and communities, or companies.

Why do you need an agri-PV solution?

With Agri-PV, your land does two crucial jobs at the same time: firstly, maintaining its original agricultural purpose and secondly, generating clean power. But because farming is so complex, you’ll need an Agri-PV solution that’s adapted to your specific site.

Are agrivoltaics a solution?

The concept of agrivoltaics may offer an elegant solution to many of these problems. You may already have seen one type of agrivoltaics in practice: Sheep or other farm animals grazing around solar parks to maintain the vegetation underneath the panels.