Design and Implementation of Agrivoltaic Systems

By the end of this 2 days training course, participants will be able to:

• Assess feasibility, design considerations, implementation approaches, financial feasibility for agrivoltaics systems.
• Judge the requirements for both agrivoltaic structures and agricultural activities to ensure seamless integration.
• Evaluate agrivoltaic site suitability, appropriate infrastructure selection, permitting pathways, and cost-effective system deployment.
• Discuss guidelines and legislation, stakeholder engagement, safety norms, and grid integration for smooth agrivoltaic project development.

This course has been designed for professionals working with utility scale renewable energy projects  looking to further develop their career to keep up to date on the solar PV applications.

• Utility Professionals working in the utility companies interested in integrating agrivoltaics solutions into their energy portfolios.
• Energy Analysts studying the feasibility of agrivoltaic projects.
• Investors and Project Developers involve in financing and developing solar projects and those looking to diversify their portfolio with renewable energy projects.
• Power Sector Engineers and Managers exploring innovative energy solutions.
• Renewable Energy Engineers and Technicians working in the field of solar energy.
• Renewable Energy Project Managers participate in the design and implementation of solar power projects.
• Researchers researching the energy fields, environmental science, and engineering seeking in-depth knowledge about agrivoltaics.
• Consultants provide expertise to agrivoltaic players.
• Environmental Scientists or Engineers assessing the environmental impact of agrivoltaics projects.
• Decision-Makers responsible for energy policy, planning and in approving and regulating solar projects.
• Energy Policy and Regulatory Professionals working in energy policy and regulations wanted to understand the implications and possibilities of agrivoltaics.
• Farmers interest to combine their agricultural activities with renewable energy generation.
• Farmers forecast new ways to secure the future of their farms.

• Basic
• Intermediate

This course will provide comprehensive learning resources, including course materials for future reference. Each topic will commence with a clearly defined intended learning outcome (LO). The learning experience will be enriched through diverse activities such as quizzes, and assessments, to ensure engagement and understanding. Besides supplementing the core material, participants will have access to additional resources like articles and tools. The course structure incorporates interactive elements, such as case studies, practical exercise in designing an agrivoltaic system tailored to specific locations, followed by group presentation and Q&A sessions which will provide opportunities for clarifications and deeper understanding.

Your expert trainer received her PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Groningen in 2003. Following this, she spent 3 years at the University of Cambridge (UK, Department of Materials Science) as a Marie Curie Research Fellow. In 2006, she joined the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, ECN (nowadays called TNO), on the technical development of solar panels and systems. At ECN, she worked on organic solar cells, back contact solar panels and system optimisation, such as shade optimisation and integration of PV into buildings and infrastructure. As a result, she is well informed about different PV techniques and materials used. She set up the ‘design for recycling’ program and secured initial funding for this. She also started the PV Applications research program, including the development of integrated PV products. At ECN she was responsible for developing the curriculum at the ‘Solar Academy’, which provided a combination of theoretical and hand-on training to solar professionals. She provided courses on modules and systems.

In 2016, she joined Exasun – a manufacturer of in-roof PV systems as R&D manager. Here, she was responsible for material selection, process optimisation and the introduction of quality measurements. In 2018, she has been involved in solar mounting structures, including agrivoltaics constructions. Her roles were to design and build an agrivoltaics overhead construction above red currants, where panel temperature, power output and the long term impact on the fruit growth are measured.
She is project leader of a large Dutch innovation project on agri-PV where solar panels and agriculture are combined on the same plot of land. In the project, 5 pilot facilities have been set-up, where the impact on crops and soil are measured, and business case calculations are performed.

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