While the mild winter favoured early plant growth, spring frost occurred just as the crops were starting to bud, forcing farmers to find sometimes costly ways to protect them. According to 2020 data from the vineyards of the Domaine de Nidolères in Tresserre in the south of France, the plants under Sun’Agri technology avoided periods of spring frost, while those …
ENGIE Green, the French market leader in solar energy, and Sun’Agri, a pioneer and the global market leader in agrivoltaics, have signed an ambitious partnership agreement aimed at helping French agriculture to adapt to climate change. This partnership marks a new stage in the development of agrivoltaics in France. Crops, especially those in the south of France, are increasingly threatened …
Both solar and the farming industry are beginning to see potential in the combined use of land for food production and energy generation. And as innovators begin to experiment with different forms, it’s becoming clear that in most cases it is solar that will have to bend to the needs of agriculture, and not the other way around, to ensure …
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 …
