The Florensac Cooperative Winery (department of Hérault) is embarking on an agrivoltaics project: vines grown under intelligent photovoltaic panels that tilt according to the needs of the plant and the weather, an ideal solution for combating climate risks. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/agriculture-peche/florensac-se-lance-dans-l-agrivoltaisme-ou-comment-combiner-agriculture-et-photovoltaique-1563548297 And the radio report: http://media.radiofrance-podcast.net/podcast09/14651-23.07.2019-ITEMA_22113759-3.mp3 starting at 1:23 min.

The first French vitivoltaic power station combining vineyards and solar panels was inaugurated on Thursday in Tresserre (Pyrénées-Orientales department) as part of an experimental project, as noted by an AFP correspondent. It is the “world’s first agrivoltaic demonstration system with remotely controlled panels” that is able to meet the needs of the plant, explains Antoine Nogier, founder of Sun’R, the …

The world’s first agrivoltaic power plant, located in the Aspres region, places vines under remote-controlled solar panels, while awaiting the first grapes of the future in 2021. Covering vines with photovoltaic shading is not such a far-fetched idea, but it becomes far more complex to implement when it is the plant that decides on the orientation of the panels, so …

Thursday, 8 November 2018. On Thursday, the Tresserre agrivoltaic power plant was inaugurated in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. According to Sun’R, the company behind the project, it is “the world’s first agrivoltaic demonstration system with controllable panels”. Solar panels installed on trackers at a height of 4.5 metres cover 4.5 hectares of vines on the Domaine de Nidolères, the family estate …

A world first: an innovative pilot project in Tresserre allows for the production of photovoltaic energy without any conflict over land use. Agrivoltaics. This new term designates the most effective way of combining agriculture and solar energy production – two fields that have long been at odds. The elected members of the Chamber of Agriculture have fought long and hard …

The Sun’Agri research programme, which has been running for over 10 years, is now becoming a reality with the planting of vines under remote-controlled photovoltaic panels at the Domaine de Nidolères in Tresserre – a world first with highly anticipated results. Read more

This year, we participated in the Salon International de l’Agriculture, the world’s most important agricultural trade fair, where we had the chance to present the Sun’Agri agrivoltaic technology. Hosted at the stand of IRSTEA (one of our Sun’Agri 3 partners), we were visited by Brune Poirson and Sébastien Lecornu, both junior ministers in the French Ministry of the Ecological Transition. …

By controlling the tilting of the dynamic solar panels above the vines in response to water stress, Sun’R and INRA hope to offer a solution to climate change. The first system will be installed on a vineyard in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the spring of 2018. Read more

While the concept behind agrivoltaics first emerged in the 1980s, this technology for regulating the microclimate of plants has only been developing in earnest since 2009. Pierre Guerrier, our Director of Development, answers questions about the functioning of agrivoltaics. Read more

The various projects of the Sun’Agri programme have been presented to the Labelling Committees of the most influential competitiveness clusters in the fields of: Agriculture – Terralia, Vinseo and Qualimediterranée (which has merged with Agri Sud-Ouest Innovation) and renewable energy – Tenerrdis, Capenergies and Derbi. This recognition of the technical, economic and environmental significance of the Sun’Agri solution, both by …