Solar companies and farmers can work together to harvest sunlight for both energy and food. Shade from solar panels can alleviate heat and reduce water losses by slowing evaporation from the soil. “Plants are like humans: If we are under the sun, we have to drink more water,” said Pierre Genin, director of international affairs at French solar development company …
The French Centre for Studies and Expertise on Risks, the Environment, Mobility and Urban Planning (Cerema), which is jointly overseen by the Ministry of the Ecological Transition and the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion, has just designated Sun’Agri as a key player in climate change adaptation. This official recognition confirms the public authorities’ support for agrivoltaics and will make the Sun’Agri …
The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) has just announced the results of its third call for tenders for “innovative photovoltaic solar energy”. Of the 31 successful projects, 72% were agrivoltaic systems, including 22 that used Sun’Agri’s technology, a ground-breaking innovation for adapting agriculture to climate change. This call for tenders confirms France’s ambitions in the field of agrivoltaics. The year …
The SIVAL Innovation Competition, which each year recognises innovative solutions to specific crops, has just awarded Sun’Agri the gold medal in the “Machinery and Automation” category. After the SITEVI Innovation Awards in 2019 and the Natur’Tech competition in October 2020, Sun’Agri’s technology for adapting agriculture to climate change has thus once again been recognised. “Such recognition from our peers is …
As the first technology to combine the optimisation of agricultural yields with the protection of crops against weather hazards and the production of green energy, dynamic agrivoltaics is one of the most promising solutions for the adaptation of agriculture to climate change. The first global conference dedicated to this technology, AgriVoltaics2020, took place online from 14 to 16 October, with …
Natur’Tech, France’s national leading competition for agricultural innovation, has awarded Sun’Agri the Pink Lady prize for “Adaptation to Climate Change”. One year after receiving the gold medal at the SITEVI Innovation Awards, Sun’Agri has thus once again been recognised by its peers for its ground-breaking technology for adapting agriculture to climate change. “Our technology continues to attract interest from the …
What farmer has never dreamed of snapping his fingers to make it rain? Even if you can’t actually control the weather, Sun’Agri and Weenat explain how you can better manage weather hazards and their impact on your crops. Make it rain or shine Agriculture is all about the weather. Whether you’re planting, irrigating or applying phytosanitary measures, the weather affects …
The Solar Impulse Foundation, which launched the Global Alliance for Clean Technologies in 2016, has just conferred its “Efficient Solution” label on Sun’Agri, a pioneer and the global market leader in dynamic agrivoltaics. The foundation established by Bertrand Piccard is thus rewarding this ground-breaking technology, which enables certain agricultural sectors to adapt to climate change. Following the success of Bertrand …
On April 1, 2020, CRE selected the following seven innovative projects managed by AREC in the Occitanie region: Four projects in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, one in the Aude department, one in the Gard department, and one in the Hérault department. These agricultural projects focus on vegetable farming, viticulture and arboriculture. This project cluster has a peak production capacity of more …
As part of its INFRAGREEN IV strategy, the green infrastructure financing platform RGREEN INVEST has set up a dedicated investment line for innovative infrastructure projects developed by Sun’Agri, a company specialising in dynamic agrivoltaics. The purpose of this long-term partnership is to support the projects developed by Sun’Agri, namely dynamic coupling solutions between agriculture and photovoltaics. With INFRAGREEN IV and …
