Greenhouse Agri-PV for tomatoes
Retrofit of existing greenhouse fully equipped with sensors to correlate tomatoes yield with incident light depending on presence of uncoated and coated PV modules. The solution will design a specific PV panels and agri-PV modules, optimasing the use of materials and integration in landscape.
Technical info
Localization
Region of South Holland, Province of Midden-Delfland, Municipality of Schipluiden, The Netherlands
Cultivation typology
Greenhouse structure with tomatoes crop
Photovoltaic system
PV modules size: 1557 x 1137 mm fully opaque, 365 W. Zone 1,3 and 5 will have Fotoniq diffusive PAR+ coating (water-acrylic based, semi-permanent, retro-fit diffusive coating aimed to glass greenhouses); 2,4 and 6 normal clear glass
Installed capacity
around 40 kW
Monitoring system
90 Quantified PAR light sensors will be employed
Electricity use
The PV system will be connected under the same Point of Delivery of the greenhouse. The electricity could be used to the possibility to achieve nearly zero energy greenhouse
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