Projects

Agri-PV Field Garden

Authority

Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz

Federal State

Lower Saxony and Bremen

Contact

Calenberger Straße 2
30169 Hannover

Website: External link to the authority

Project Title

Agri-PV Field Garden

Project description


Agri-PV represents a process for the simultaneous use of land for crop production and photovoltaics. According to current knowledge, this can become an important building block for the energy transition. From the perspective of an agricultural business, there are challenges that still need to be solved for practical implementation. The aim of the project is to develop a practical and sustainable concept for agri-PV systems, considering the complex interactions of crop rotation, field dimensioning and infrastructure design. The crop rotation concept is to be based on the principle of the traditional farmer's garden with annually rotating plantings. Different field configurations (crop production concept, use of machinery, infrastructure and dimensioning) will be investigated with the help of a simulation tool. Which combinations of these design parameters make economic and ecological sense can then be derived from the study results. In addition, a road map for R&D on combined concepts of crop production with robotics within Agri-PV systems will be developed. 

Final report

Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.

Key words

  • Energy
  • Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation and mitigation, and other air related issues)
  • Farm diversification

Main funding source

Rural development 2023-2027 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 127 of Reg. 2021/2115)

OG contact information

Hof Fleming
Ehrener Kirchweg 6
49624 Löningen

Phone: 05432 5955820

Email: kathrin.mueller@hof-fleming.de

Type of OG partners

  • Farmer
  • Researcher
  • Industry

Begin of project

2023

Project status

ongoing

Total budget applied for in EUR

498,526

Link 1

project website of EIP Lower Saxony

NUTS3 CODE

DE948

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