Abstract
With the global population continuing to increase, getting closer to eight billion, the demand for supplying food, clean water, and energy becomes even greater. The development of agrivoltaic systems combine crop production with the generation of energy from photovoltaic systems. Agrivoltaic systems offer a solution to the increasing demand for food and energy, while also decreasing water consumption and making a dual use of the land. This chapter evaluated the energy production efficiency and global warming potential, impact of greenhouse gases emissions, from agrivoltaic systems compared to traditional photovoltaic systems and power created from coal. The direct land-use efficiencies of agrivoltaic systems, traditional photovoltaic systems, and coal power systems were also assessed. Three system designs were postulated with different dimensions of solar panels and the spacing between them. System design 1 had the most crop production per acre whereas system designs 2 and 3 had the most energy production per acre and an even mix of both crop and energy production per acre, respectively. It was found that the first system design that was developed has the greatest potential for implementation due to its efficiency of energy production and amount of crop production.
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