Recording of Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 13:48 .

Intersolar Conference Highlights AGRI PV Market Growth and Innovations Amid Diverse European Regulatory Landscapes

The speaker opens the AGRI PV conference, marking its third year and highlighting past achievements in the AGRI PV market as Chair of Solar Power Europe’s work stream. They emphasize the significant role of solar energy in the European Green Deal and acknowledge collaborations with the European Commission and Parliament to set ambitious targets for solar power deployment. Ground-mounted photovoltaics (PV) are essential due to insufficient rooftop space, necessitating land use innovations like Agri-PV—simultaneously utilizing land for agriculture and solar energy production. There is a vast potential on agricultural lands worldwide, but only about 0.2% to 1% might be used for Agri-PV based on various estimates. Solar Power Europe's initiatives include releasing best practice guidelines to help preserve agricultural integrity while integrating PV installations tailored to diverse local conditions across Europe. A recently launched digital map features over 200 agri-solar projects exceeding 2.8 GW capacity across ten European countries. Despite progress, regulations across EU member states remain varied and incomplete. Recent bans on developing PV on degraded lands pose challenges that will be discussed further by panelists during this event.

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Speaker

Eva Vandest
Head of Public Affairs
Amarenco
Austria

Talk of session: Agricultural PV: How to Tap into Europe's Huge Potential for Solar Power in Agriculture

Several European countries have implemented their first agricultural PV projects and policymakers are starting to recognize the benefits of this technology. Governments have been adopting regulatory frameworks that enable both food and power production. Agricultural PV has positive effects on biodiversity and nature, as well as revenues. But is the business case for agricultural PV really compelling enough for farmers to adopt it at a large scale? This session will discuss: Latest projects and regulatory changes in various European agricultural PV markets Business models integrating ‘Nature Based Solutions' from pilot projects to utility-scale agricultural PV power plants Why biodiversity is turning into a hot topic in agricultural PV Fireside chat: How to convince food farmers to adopt solar farming.

Further Talks of this session:

Results of EU Call for Evidence and Agri-PV Potenbal in Europe

Speaker

Ignacio Asenjo
Policy Officer
European Commission
Belgium

To Talk

Business Models of Agri PV & How It Benefits Farmers Models

Speaker

Emilien Simonot
Head of Agrivoltaics EMEA and APAC
Lightsource bp
UK

To Talk

How Biodiversity and Soil Are Turning Into a Hot Topic for Agri-PV

Speaker

Stephan Schindele
Head of Product Management Agri-PV
BayWa r.e. AG
Germany

To Talk

Challenges and Success Factors in the Development and Implementation of Utility-Scale Agri-PV Projects in Germany

Speaker

Fabian Neu
Senior Expert Agri-PV
RWE Renewables Europe & Australia GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Why Eastern & Central Europe Governments Implement Supportive Policy Frameworks for Agri-PV Targets

Speaker

Jiri Bim
Head of Agrivoltaic Section
Czech Solar Association
Czech Republic

To Talk

Panel Discussion: How to Convince Food Famers to Become Solar Farmers as Well on a Large Scale?

To Talk