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Nicholas D Carter
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🌲Food system science on land, GHG & biodiversity 🌎Director of Environmental Science at GCI working on: GameChangersMovie.com/the-game-changers-2/ 🌱Co-creator PlantBasedData.org
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An agrivoltaic project in the Netherlands demonstrates the compatibility of solar PV & raspberry cultivation, easily replacing old methods. The solar roof covers 3.3 ha & protects the plants, saves the farmers work & can bring comparable yields to before: www.pv-magazine.com/magazine-arc...

This raspberry field in Babberich, Netherlands, is sheltered from the wind and protected from view between hedges and trees. On the left, by the forest, you can still see rows with plastic films (the old method to avoid overexposure of sun), while on the right, the raspberry PV installation runs from north to south. Image: BayWa r.e
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Japan has 1800 agrivoltaic farms. The majority of the farms are small, with 65% of them occupying less than 1,000 sq meters. The farms generate between 500,000-600,000-MW hrs of power per yr: pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/arti... China has the largest single agrivoltaic farm at 700 MW.

Hattori Tea Farm in Japan via https://www.businessinsider.com/agrivoltaic-farming-solar-sharing-growing-more-popular-in-japan-2022-12?amp
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Nicholas D Carter
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🌲Food system science on land, GHG & biodiversity 🌎Director of Environmental Science at GCI working on: GameChangersMovie.com/the-game-changers-2/ 🌱Co-creator PlantBasedData.org
478 followers124 following55 posts