Do You Know Agrivoltaics?

Broadly speaking, Agrivoltaics contains of agriculture and photovoltaics, it’s is a new type of agriculture that applies solar power to modern agricultural planting, breeding, irrigation, pest control, and agricultural machinery power. It takes thin-film solar facility agriculture integrated grid-connected power station as the core, integrates thin-film solar power generation, agricultural optoelectronic engineering application promotion, modern agricultural planting and breeding, processing and comprehensive utilization, agricultural planting and breeding technology exchange and promotion, talent training, sightseeing agriculture , Agricultural products logistics and other functions in one. Combining solar power generation, modern agricultural planting and breeding, and high-efficiency facility agriculture, it can be said that photovoltaic agriculture is a transformation of the production method that realizes the transformation of farms into factories and fields into workshops.

When did the combination of agriculture and photovoltaics begin?

The combination of agriculture and photovoltaics began in the 1970s. The first photovoltaic water pump came out in 1975, but the development of photovoltaic agriculture has been restricted by the high cost of photovoltaic cell modules. It was not until recent years that photovoltaic agriculture developed rapidly as the cost of cell modules continued to decrease. .

China's photovoltaic industry was initially oriented to foreign markets, and then turned to the domestic market after being restricted. The development of photovoltaic agriculture is the result of calm consideration after undergoing the European and American blockade, and it is the need for the transformation and upgrading of the photovoltaic industry. At the same time, agriculture also needs structural adjustments. It is necessary to replace traditional agriculture with technological and information-based smart agriculture to inject new impetus into the development of modern agriculture. In addition, as the policy environment becomes more and more fair and transparent, the specific measures related to the approval of photovoltaic "roads" that previously "bound" the development of the photovoltaic industry and power access have begun to be gradually improved, creating conditions for the rapid development of photovoltaic agriculture.

Analysis on the Prospect of Photovoltaic Agriculture

With the continuous attention and support of new energy sources by the national authorities, a new climax has appeared in the application of photovoltaic power generation in the country. A large number of enterprises and social capital continue to flow in, and the photovoltaic application market is gradually increasing. At the same time, the wasteland, barren hills, deserted beaches and roofs that can be used for photovoltaic power station construction are becoming less and less, which is far from meeting market needs. The new industry of photovoltaic agriculture has pioneered the application of photovoltaic products in agricultural planting and fishery. Farming, agricultural tourism and other aspects.

Photovoltaic agriculture is a new photovoltaic system project that combines photovoltaic power generation and agricultural production, solar power generation on the roof, and agricultural production in the shed. It is a new model of modern agricultural development. It combines photovoltaic power generation, agricultural production, ecological protection and sightseeing, and uses pastoral landscape, agricultural production activities, agricultural ecological environment and ecological agricultural business models to increase the unit output of land and increase the income of farmers to maximize utilization Resources, increase ecological and social benefits.

China is a large country with agricultural facilities. As of the end of 2014, the total area of agricultural facilities has been 4.109 million hectares, of which plastic greenhouses accounted for 46%, solar greenhouses accounted for 25%, and small arched sheds accounted for 29%. The area of agricultural facilities has continued to grow for more than 30 years, and the growth rate has slowed down in recent years. However, most of the agricultural facilities that have been built in the past have been in disrepair and have entered the stage of transformation and renovation. In the future, photovoltaic agriculture has huge market potential.

What are the advantages of photovoltaic agricultural greenhouses

1. Do not destroy the nature of the land and save resources.

The photovoltaic agricultural greenhouse power generation components are installed on the roof of the shed, which does not occupy the ground and does not change the nature of the land. The photovoltaic greenhouse can be directly constructed on the original planting land, which is conducive to the development of modern agricultural projects.

2. The growth environment can be created according to the needs of crops.

Solar panels with different light transmittances can be set up on agricultural greenhouses, which can adjust the lighting and temperature according to the growth needs of different crops, realize off-season planting and high-quality planting, and can also plant valuable seedlings and other high-value-added crops.

3. It can meet agricultural electricity demand and generate power generation benefits.

Roof photovoltaic power generation can meet the power needs of agricultural greenhouses such as temperature control, irrigation, and lighting supplements. If large-scale greenhouse production is realized, the excess electricity generated can also be sold to grid companies to realize profits.

Fourth, can develop tourism science and technology agriculture.

Photovoltaic agriculture is a new technology agriculture with high tourism value. If combined with the advantages of transportation location and ecological environment, relying on high-value ornamental crop planting and organic agricultural products production and picking tourism, various forms of tourism, leisure and experience tourism projects can be developed to form a characteristic and large-scale photovoltaic sightseeing agriculture .

Photovoltaic agriculture is the product of the close integration of modern agriculture and clean energy. Compared with traditional agriculture, photovoltaic agriculture pays more attention to the input of scientific and technological elements, pays more attention to operation and management, and has higher requirements for the quality of workers. Combining photovoltaic agriculture, integrating agricultural activities, scientific and technological demonstration and other elements, can greatly exert the effect of industrial clusters and prosper the regional economy.