{"id":11309,"date":"2022-11-01T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/gemuese-unter-strom\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T14:32:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T13:32:45","slug":"gemuese-unter-strom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/en\/peripheral-energy\/gemuese-unter-strom\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Energy with a Side of Vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"swe-post-header swe-post-header-image-right\"><div class=\"info\"><h1 itemprop=\"headline\">Green Energy with a Side of Vegetables<\/h1><div class=\"subtitle\">Photovoltaics on Agricultural Land as a Model for the Future<\/div><div class=\"blog-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/en\/tag\/peripheral-energy\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"tag\">#Peripheral energy<\/a><\/div><div class=\"boxes\"><div class=\"wpulike sonnenallee-display wp_ulike_general_class\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"count-box\"><span class=\"count-box\">2<\/span><\/div><div class=\"symbol\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"time\">6 Min.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"preview\"><video loop muted autoplay playsinline><source type=\"video\/webm\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gemuese_unter_strom_head.webm\" \/><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gemuese_unter_strom_head.mp4\" \/><\/video><div class=\"boxes callout\"><button class=\"share\">Share<\/button>    <div class=\"wpulike  sonnenallee-interactive\"><div class=\"wp_ulike_general_class wp_ulike_is_not_liked\"><button type=\"button\"\n                    data-ulike-id=\"11309\"\n                    data-ulike-nonce=\"14c2b54f02\"\n                    data-ulike-type=\"post\"\n                    data-ulike-template=\"sonnenallee-interactive\"\n                    data-ulike-display-likers=\"0\"\n                    data-ulike-likers-style=\"popover\"\n                    class=\"wp_ulike_btn wp_ulike_put_text wp_post_btn_11309\"><span>Like<\/span>            <\/button><\/div><\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"av-share-box hidden callout\"><div class=\"share-content\"><span class=\"close\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child_sonnenallee\/images\/icons\/kreuz-dunkel.svg\"\/><\/span><h1>Share article<\/h1><h2>How do you want to share the article?<\/h2><ul class=\"av-share-box-list noLightbox\"><li class=\"av-share-link av-social-link-mail\"><a aria-label=\"mail\" href=\"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fsonnenallee.sma.de%2Fen%2Fperipheral-energy%2Fgemuese-unter-strom%2F&amp;subject=Green%20Energy%20with%20a%20Side%20of%20Vegetables\" title target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child_sonnenallee\/images\/mail.png\"\/><span class=\"avia_hidden_link_text\">mail<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"av-share-link av-social-link-facebook\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsonnenallee.sma.de%2Fen%2Fperipheral-energy%2Fgemuese-unter-strom%2F&amp;t=Green%20Energy%20with%20a%20Side%20of%20Vegetables\" title target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child_sonnenallee\/images\/facebook.png\"\/><span class=\"avia_hidden_link_text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n<div class=\"swe-post-container\">\n<div class=\"swe-author author\"><p><strong>Text:<\/strong> Birgit Scheuch, 01.11.2022<\/p><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l9zow8rz-889b25d4c8db4a8a75b792750965628f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>When growing hay and forage crops was no longer enough to ensure the survival of grandpa Jack\u2019s farm in Boulder County, Colorado, grandson Byron Kominek went looking for a new source of income. In doing so, he became a pioneer in agri-photovoltaics, or agrivoltaics \u2013 the simultaneous use of agricultural land for growing food and generating solar power.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l9zpmp5w-eda4f4a687ca300180cea6ee55b1b027\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l9zpmp5w-eda4f4a687ca300180cea6ee55b1b027{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l9zpmp5w-eda4f4a687ca300180cea6ee55b1b027 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l9zowsvk-760de8537ecf20e73627a770d7f2fdbc'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Originally, it was only the financial side of solar power generation that interested the young farm manager. \u201cBut then a friend put me in touch with researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which soon led to talks with professors at the University of Arizona and Colorado State University. Their idea of cultivating the land underneath the PV modules fascinated me. I saw it as a great opportunity to give something back to society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his idea, Byron Kominek met with little enthusiasm to begin with. \u201cBoth the farmers and the experts from the solar industry were skeptical. We commissioned an artist who illustrated my vision with watercolors. I think it was only then that people were able to grasp the idea of agrivoltaics.\u201d Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jackssolargarden.com\/\">Jack\u2019s Solar Garden<\/a> is the largest commercial research establishment for agrivoltaics in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Kominek wants the land beneath PV modules to be kept alive, instead of letting it wither as he has often seen on fact-finding trips around the USA. That is why Jack\u2019s Solar Garden is not only a research project, but an educational project, too. The affiliated Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center provides students, citizens and political decision-makers with information about the dual use of land for producing both clean energy and regional food.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full flex_column_div  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock \"><div class=\"swe-special-images swe-special-images-1 subtitle\"><div class=\"image-container image-container-image-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_block1_Gross_900x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-label=\"Involving local people and \u201cgiving something back to society\u201d is another important aspect of the project. - Byron Kominek, Jack\u2018s Solar Garden\" \/><\/div><span class=\"image-subtitle\"><span class=\"image-subtitle-inner image-description\">Involving local people and \u201cgiving something back to society\u201d is another important aspect of the project. - Byron Kominek, Jack\u2018s Solar Garden<\/span><\/span><div class=\"image-container image-container-image-2\"><div class=\"image-container-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_block1_klein_798x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-label=\"Involving local people and \u201cgiving something back to society\u201d is another important aspect of the project. - Byron Kominek, Jack\u2018s Solar Garden\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l9zp484a-1e75f7fee7d0de07a8fb753abe0129d1'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Involving local people and \u201cgiving something back to society\u201d is another important aspect of the project. To that end, Jack\u2019s Solar Garden is cooperating with This non-profit organization provides access to healthy food with community farms. \u201cUnderneath our PV modules, they grow vegetables, herbs and fruit that they sell at the community center in exchange for donations.\u201d All the electricity from Jack\u2019s Solar Garden is fed into the utility grid of the local electric utility company, with part of it reserved for low-income households.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-pd0gj6-8d8255f84e1f587f0f8c82b2a32e1f6f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-pd0gj6-8d8255f84e1f587f0f8c82b2a32e1f6f{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-pd0gj6-8d8255f84e1f587f0f8c82b2a32e1f6f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_swe_special_images '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full flex_column_div  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr \"><div class=\"swe-special-images swe-special-images-2 text\"><div class=\"part-1\"><div class=\"image-container image-container-image-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_block2_Gross_900x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-label=\"\" \/><\/div><div><\/div><div class=\"custom-text\"><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-cec65c98b84b831c854269d805741d7d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u201cIt means a lot to me when people visit my family\u2019s land and draw inspiration from it,\u201d says Kominek.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><div class=\"part-2\"><div class=\"image-container image-container-image-2\"><div class=\"image-container-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_block2_klein_798x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-label=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_swe_special_images  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l9zp6f5g-12d905a0069157e0a44d4630fca08573'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u201cSeeing people\u2019s eyes light up when they walk through our site is a highlight of my work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But he is especially pleased that his mother is now in favor of the project. \u201cIt took over a year before she allowed my father and me to build a PV system on our family\u2019s land. Now that we are in the second growing season, she is \u2013 I think \u2013 enjoying observing the visitors, dealing with the researchers and seeing how the plants are thriving beneath our PV system. Without my mother\u2019s approval and support, we would not have been ableto build Jack\u2019s Solar Garden.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l9zp725e-a292e0aed97a51321755b33661538677'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Polycrystalline Beats Monoculture<\/h2>\n<p>Large fruits and tender vegetables are most likely to thrive in mild temperatures and good, moist soil. Both are becoming less common as a result of climate change, with heat and wind drying the soil out and heavy rain sweeping away the humus. However, conventional farming works with regular irrigation and fertilization.<\/p>\n<p>It is becoming increasingly apparent that original forms of land use \u2013 such as mixed cultivation in the shadows of trees \u2013 have advantages over large-scale monoculture. Agrivoltaics is now bringing back some of the strengths of traditional farming methods like this in a modern guise.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s climate is also changing, and the expansion of photovoltaics is essential for the energy transition. In this respect, it is obvious that agrivoltaics should be given a chance, as has already happened in many other countries, and increasingly European countries too.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l9zpa7yy-8fa9a49a1e95794becfcd564e7d42d5a'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Built on Sand: Steinh\u00f6fel Climate Park<\/h2>\n<p>East of Berlin, in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, the soil, which is light anyway, is so dry that even couch grass, a wild herb unpopular with farmers, might not grow there in some places. This prompted a photovoltaics customer of SUNfarming GmbH and its general manager to talk about agrivoltaics. The company has been testing the cultivation of food crops underneath PV modules for a number of years, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/sunfarming.de\/en\/business-areas\/food-energy-en\/food-energy-training-concept-en\">Food &amp; Energy Training Centre in South Africa<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sunfarming.de\/en\/blog\/sunfarming-research-and-innovation-centre-rathenow-2021\">Rathenow research site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The farmer and the general manager wondered whether the dual land use might also be able to cushion the effects of climate change in Brandenburg and provide an alternative to cultivating the low-yield soil conventionally. The idea has now become a fully fledged project.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_swe_slider '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"swe-sc-slider-2\" class=\"swe-sc-slider swe-slider\" data-slider=\"carousel\" data-duration=\"5\" data-loop=\"aviaTBloop\" data-handle=\"swe_slider\"><div data-slide id=\"swe-sc-slider-2-slide-0\" class=\"swe-sc-slider-slide swe-sc-slider-slide-0\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_slider1_286x279.jpg);\"><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-slide-0 --><div data-slide id=\"swe-sc-slider-2-slide-1\" class=\"swe-sc-slider-slide swe-sc-slider-slide-1\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_slider3_286x279.jpg);\"><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-slide-1 --><div data-slide id=\"swe-sc-slider-2-slide-2\" class=\"swe-sc-slider-slide swe-sc-slider-slide-2\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_slider5_286x279.jpg);\"><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-slide-2 --><div data-slide id=\"swe-sc-slider-2-slide-3\" class=\"swe-sc-slider-slide swe-sc-slider-slide-3\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_slider4_286x279.jpg);\"><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-slide-3 --><div data-slide id=\"swe-sc-slider-2-slide-4\" class=\"swe-sc-slider-slide swe-sc-slider-slide-4\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_slider2_286x279.jpg);\"><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-slide-4 --><div data-slide id=\"swe-sc-slider-2-slide-5\" class=\"swe-sc-slider-slide swe-sc-slider-slide-5\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_slider1_286x279.jpg);\"><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-slide-5 --><div data-slide id=\"swe-sc-slider-2-slide-6\" class=\"swe-sc-slider-slide swe-sc-slider-slide-6\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_slider3_286x279.jpg);\"><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-slide-6 --><div data-slide id=\"swe-sc-slider-2-slide-7\" class=\"swe-sc-slider-slide swe-sc-slider-slide-7\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_slider4_286x279.jpg);\"><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-slide-7 --><div data-slide id=\"swe-sc-slider-2-slide-8\" class=\"swe-sc-slider-slide swe-sc-slider-slide-8\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/sonnenallee.sma.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Agri_PV_Arikel_slider5_286x279.jpg);\"><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-slide-8 --><div data-slider-controls class=\"swe-sc-slider-buttons\"><button data-prev class=\"slider-arrow left hide no-hover\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child_sonnenallee\/images\/icons\/pfeil.svg\"\/><\/button><button data-next class=\"slider-arrow right hide no-hover\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child_sonnenallee\/images\/icons\/pfeil.svg\"\/><\/button><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-buttons --><\/div><!-- end swe-sc-slider-2 -->\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_swe_slider  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l9zpbbr9-560d01c1e915146693e97422e9751bf6'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sunfarming.de\/en\/blog\/sunfarming-is-planning-a-50-mw-agro-solar-park-in-brandenburg\">Steinh\u00f6fel climate park<\/a>, a 550-hectare agrivoltaic system, is still in the planning stages. But on balance, the authorities are in agreement, as you can see from the <a href=\"https:\/\/amt-odervorland.de\/fileadmin\/Red_Ordner\/trailer\/OEffentlichkeitsbeteiligung\/26.11.2021_Klimapark_Steinhoefel\/Tempelberg\/01_2021-11-09_Klimapark_Steinhoefel_VE_Tempelberg_Begruendung_BP.pdf\">resolution to draw up a plan<\/a>. The public consultation also predominantly drew approval, as Heiner Kamper \u00a0from SUNfarming explains. \u201cAfter all, we do not cover any valuable topsoil with photovoltaics in principle. The areas have been chosen by the farmers themselves, precisely because the soil there is rather poor and they are hoping that the agrivoltaics will bring about an improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the models that have been used, rain also gets underneath the module structures through the sprinkling of droplets. Besides, they provide shelter, which prevents the sun from drying out the soil so quickly and the wind from carrying it away,\u201d explains Kamper.<\/p>\n<p>Upon its inspection, the nature conservation authority responsible for Steinh\u00f6fel was delighted that areas are being withdrawn from use for conventional agriculture and that the soil, flora and fauna are able to recover. \u201cAt the same time,\u201d says Kamper, \u201cthe farmer, of course, has an interest in also producing food there and not just sowing dry grassland species for biodiversity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What type of farming is to take place and how the project is to be integrated into the landscape are matters for a local project group. So far, rearing sheep, raising hens and suckler cow husbandry are all being discussed in addition to growing berries. How the anticipated biodiversity actually develops is being studied in three areas alongside the project.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is clear that SUNfarming is relying on <a href=\"https:\/\/sunfarming.de\/en\/quality-system\/inverter\">PV inverters from the global market leader<\/a> in Steinh\u00f6fel, just as it does in all of its commercial PV systems. \u201cFor us, durability and performance are crucial. That\u2019s why we prefer to work with technology from SMA. And there is always somebody available to talk to \u2013 you don\u2019t get that kind of service everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_promobox '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='av_promobox av-kbupbijg-6f29c110e5350449d0e4ca5e477b6190 avia-button-no  avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><div class='avia-promocontent'><h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/h6>\n<h3><strong>Agrivoltaics as an all-round solution <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>In addition to power generation, agrivoltaics provides additional benefits for practically every form of agricultural production, for example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Protection from regular phenomena such as frost or dryness in spring<\/p>\n<p>Protection from extreme weather: drought, hail, frost<\/p>\n<p>Less irrigation needed due to shading<\/p>\n<p>Better plant growth in the case of shade-tolerant plant types<\/p>\n<p>Protection from birds of prey where poultry is kept free-range<\/p>\n<p>Protection from heat and solar irradiation for workers <br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can read about other arguments in favor of agrivoltaics and what such an installation could look like in the <strong><u>Sunny Blog<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-af89a52d51412774536fa272e468f7cd hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-22  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