Horizon Solar: Agri & Offshore PV System Design
Funds four €7.5M pilots — at least two pairing solar with farming, at least two offshore or nearshore, one track per proposal.
Solar deployment is hitting two different walls, and this topic funds a fix for either one. On land, PV competes with farming and biodiversity for the same acreage, plus siting restrictions. At sea, the deployment potential is large, but system designs that hold up in Europe's actual sea conditions are still immature. A proposal picks one of the two — agrivoltaics (co-locating crops or livestock w…
Designing and demonstrating (TRL 7-8) an improved agrivoltaics system or an improved offshore/nearshore PV system — a proposal picks one track, not both. Covers system modelling and energy-yield assessment, component and architecture design that limits land, sea or environmental impact while maximising output, climate-resilience, module and structure standardisation, and permitting groundwork, proven out on a minimum 5 MW demonstrator built across different EU climate or sea zones.
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