Energie360 ° from Switzerland and Solar Tech Specialist Insolight have agreed to build an Agrivoltaic factory of 1,300 panels on a cherry farm in Leerggern, Switzerland. The facility combines crop protection and dynamic light management.
The Insolight of Switzerland has unveiled plans to install 1,300 solar modules, each with a nominal capacity of 600 W, in an Agrivoltaic facility that includes 12,000 square meters of agricultural land in Leergger, Canton Aargau.
Farmers Rudolf Obrist and Hansjörg Erne grow cherries on the site. The construction of the factory is planned to start in the summer.
The modules, supplied by the Chinese manufacturer Das Solar, will be connected to Huawei Sun2000 150K -Omvolers and almost 3 meters above the ground mounted to enable the passage of agricultural machinery and tractors.
The panels are installed at regular intervals and are expected to generate 800 MWh per year, enough to provide almost 180 houses with renewable electricity.
Swiss utility Energie360 °, a national supplier of sustainable energy consumption, will buy all electricity generated by the factory and feed them in the public schedule, after a government tender.
The innovation of the project lies in its own “Insolagrin” solution of Insolight, which protects crops against extreme weather conditions, regulates light exposure by a dynamic shadow system and harvest harvesting to produce energy.
The system uses a sustainable plastic film in a retractable tarpaulin setup that is opened and closes flexibly. “The key is that both static and dynamic taxes are taken into account,” said Laurent Coulot, CEO of Insolight, in an interview with PV Magazine France.
Inolight said it developed the patented system with a stainless steel structure, which can be adjusted for crops such as strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. The company claimed that the design offers strong protection for cherries against heavy rain, hail, heat waves and spring frost.
Farmers Obrist and ERE said that the Agrivoltaic system improves protection for their cherries against extremely weather and helps to lower the use of plant protection products.
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