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Unergy announces its first agrivoltaic projects in Colombia

While installing photovoltaics (PV) on agricultural land is a controversial topic in Europe, Unergy mini-farms in Latin America offer a real answer to agricultural problems caused by strong sunlight. Unergy, a Latin American CleanTech and FinTech company specialized in financing high-performance renewable energy production assets, announces the implementation of its first agrivoltaic projects in Colombia, … Continue reading Unergy announces its first agrivoltaic projects in Colombia

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Sicily produces photovoltaic energy and good wine together

In Salaparuta, the Cantine Vaccaro vineyard lives in perfect harmony with photovoltaic panels. The installation is part of the “Agrivoltaico Open Labs” initiative, a series of open-air innovation laboratories where we test the integration of solar energy production, agriculture and biodiversity protection. What does good wine have to do with renewable electricity? The answer is … Continue reading Sicily produces photovoltaic energy and good wine together

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Vattenfall invests in 76-megawatt agrivoltaic project

Agrivoltaics is the combination of sustainable agriculture and solar power generation on the same agricultural land. Vattenfall has now made a final investment decision for a 76-megawatt solar park Tützpatz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The project is being set up without state support. Photovoltaics is now one of the cheapest technologies among renewable energies, and solar … Continue reading Vattenfall invests in 76-megawatt agrivoltaic project

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RWE plans innovative demonstration plant for agrivoltaics

Can power be generated and land be farmed on the same site? RWE and Forschungszentrum Jülich want to demonstrate how that can work in the Rhenish lignite mining district. The plan is to generate solar power in tandem with agricultural and horticultural activities on about seven hectares of recultivated land at the edge of Garzweiler … Continue reading RWE plans innovative demonstration plant for agrivoltaics

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Agreement between Enel Green Power and ENEA for an innovative agrivoltaic pilot plant

Enel Green Power and ENEA have signed an agreement to test an innovative technology that combines photovoltaic electricity production with microalgae cultivation. A pilot plant will be built at the ENEA Center in Portici (Naples) to study and demonstrate how the two solar and microalgae technologies can be integrated and, in parallel, a scalability analysis … Continue reading Agreement between Enel Green Power and ENEA for an innovative agrivoltaic pilot plant

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