Featured in Full picture on quality – 04-2022

Preparing for growth

When setting out France’s new solar goals, President Emmanuel Macron singled out agriPV as an application that has a big role to play in the country’s energy future. In an attempt to lay the groundwork for the application’s growth, a number of French solar companies have come together to define what is meant by agriPV and how it should best be applied. KiloWattsol founder Xavier Daval reports.

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pv magazine

07 Apr 2022

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In a country where 91% of the land is dedicated to agriculture, forestry, or reserved as natural areas, agriPV looks like the obvious solution to PV deployment in France and a tremendous opportunity. AgriPV is often referred to as “agrivoltaism” in France. By integrating solar into agricultural activities, agriPV opens a gigantic area of land …

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