Agrivoltaic Modules Co-Designed for Electrical and Crop Productivity

Christiana B. Honsberg; Robert Sampson; Ray Kostuk; Greg Barron-Gafford; Stuart Bowden; Stephen Goodnick

doi:10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519011

Agrivoltaic Modules Co-Designed for Electrical and Crop Productivity

Christiana B. Honsberg, Robert Sampson, Ray Kostuk, Greg Barron-Gafford, Stuart Bowden, Stephen Goodnick

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Abstract

Agrivoltaics provides benefits for both photovoltaic systems and agriculture, enabling dual "harvests"from the sun. An issue with agrivoltaic systems may be the competition between PV modules and crops, leading to agrivoltaic modules that have fewer solar cells and produce less electricity. We present an agrivoltaic PV module design that is angularly and wavelength selective, passing light to the crops in the morning when they are able to utilize it, and to the solar cells during periods of high insolation when they cannot. The agrivoltaic module embeds a holographic film into the PV module, and the cells operate at low concentration, allowing both low costs and high electricity production.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2163-2166
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665419222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519011
State	Published - Jun 20 2021
Event	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: Jun 20 2021 → Jun 25 2021

Publication series

Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

Conference

Conference	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	6/20/21 → 6/25/21

Keywords

Agrivoltaics
Bifacial Solar Cells
Emerging PV Applications

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Honsberg, C. B., Sampson, R., Kostuk, R., Barron-Gafford, G., Bowden, S., & Goodnick, S. (2021). Agrivoltaic Modules Co-Designed for Electrical and Crop Productivity. In 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 (pp. 2163-2166). (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519011

Agrivoltaic Modules Co-Designed for Electrical and Crop Productivity. / Honsberg, Christiana B.; Sampson, Robert; Kostuk, Ray et al.
2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 2163-2166 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Honsberg, CB, Sampson, R, Kostuk, R , Barron-Gafford, G, Bowden, S & Goodnick, S 2021, Agrivoltaic Modules Co-Designed for Electrical and Crop Productivity. in 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2163-2166, 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021, Fort Lauderdale, United States, 6/20/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519011

Honsberg CB, Sampson R, Kostuk R , Barron-Gafford G, Bowden S, Goodnick S. Agrivoltaic Modules Co-Designed for Electrical and Crop Productivity. In 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. p. 2163-2166. (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). doi: 10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519011

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