Solarplaza Summit | Agri-PV

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Tuesday 20 September 2022

19:00

Pre-Conference Networking Event

The Networking Dinner will take place in Huize Frankendael

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The Networking Event will take place in Huize Frankendael

Wednesday 21 September 2022

Program


08:30

Welcome & Registration

30 min.

Session Topics:
09:00

Opening By Conference Chairman

presentation

10 min.

Ramses Struijker Boudier

Solarplaza

Session Topics:

Session I

Defining the Agri-PV Market: Potential & Best Practices

09:10

Early harvests: Agrivoltaics state of the art, and research highlights

presentation

30 min.

Matthew Berwind

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE)

Session Topics:
  • Back to basics: What is (the goal of) Agri-PV?
  • Delivering on the promise of mutually-beneficial dual-land usage
  • Understanding the classification system(s) of Agri-PV
  • Overview of best Agri-PV practices so far
09:40

Agri-PV: competition or complimentary?

presentation

60 min.

moderator

Ramses Struijker Boudier

Solarplaza

Heiko Hildebrandt

Next2Sun

Simon Gerling

European Energy A/S

Bernardo Veiga

Amarenco

Session Topics:
  • Scoping Agri-PV approaches 
  • What are the dynamics of this nascent market?
  • Is Agri-PV a disruption or a continuation of regenerative agriculture?
     
10:40

AM Networking Break

Session Topics:

Session II

Reap What You Sow: Innovations, Solutions and Yields

11:30

Boundless Potential: Agri-PV in East Africa

presentation

20 min.

Richard Randle-Boggis

University of Sheffield

Session Topics:
  • How Agri-PV can contribute to East Africa’s food, energy and water insecurities
  • Designing agrivoltaic systems for East Africa
  • Showcase of two pilot systems in Kenya (grid-tied) and Tanzania (off-grid)
11:50

Shaping Agri-PV: the Case of the Symbizon Pilot

presentation

10 min.

Eric Tonnaer

Vattenfall

Session Topics:
  • Ecological Strip Farming
  • Trackers with Bifaciality 
     
12:00

Integrating transitions: the interface of PV and ecological agriculture

panel

55 min.

moderator

Elena Rasheva

Evklips Energy

Kay Cesar

TNO

Eric Tonnaer

Vattenfall

Franz Krug

Zimmermann PV-Agri

Harold Hofenk

Triodos Investment Management

Session Topics:
  • What are the key motivations to move towards Agri-PV?
  • Overcoming development challenges: supply chain & costs 
  • Where will Agri-PV make sense in the future?
     
12:55

Networking Lunch

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Session Topics:

Session III

The Impact of Agri-PV on Conventional Farming & the Environment

14:10

A farmer’s perspective on agrivoltaics: the case of HyPErFarm

presentation

20 min.

Marleen Gysen

Boerenbond

Session Topics:
  • Judging the compatibility of a photovoltaic project with an agricultural enterprise
  • Public acceptance of Agrivoltaic Projects
     
14:30

Separating the wheat from the chaff with combined crop growth and PV generation modelling

presentation

20 min.

Bas van Aken

TNO

Session Topics:
  • How to quantify the (minimum) agricultural component in agrivoltaic solar farms?
  • Light budget and land efficiency
  • Optimisation model for agrivoltaic solar farms
     
14:50

From sun to soil: choosing the right approach for an Agri-PV Project

panel

45 min.

moderator

Nabih Cherradi

Desert Technologies

Gianluca Boccanera

NextEnergy Capital

Peter Karam

BNZ

Quentin Hans

Fédération Française des Producteurs Agrivoltaiques (FFPA)

Camille Oliveau

TSE Energy

Session Topics:
  • Scoping out suitable areas & solutions for agrivoltaic projects
  • Involvement of farmers & other stakeholders 
  • Adapting agriculture to PV, or PV to agriculture?
     
15:35

PM Networking Break

Session Topics:

Session IV

Fostering the Growth of Agri-PV into an Energy Pillar

16:20

Fences & Wires: Developments in the Regulatory Framework of Agri-PV

panel

40 min.

moderator

Ramses Struijker Boudier

Solarplaza

Emilio Sani

Sani Zangrando

Jiří Bím

Solární Asociace

Xavier Daval

France Agrivoltaïsme

Olivier Degos

Chambre D'Agriculture Nouvelle-Aquitaine

David Portales

Green Lighthouse Developments

Session Topics:
  • Integrating Agrivoltaics into the legal & regulatory framework
  • Consolidating the definition of Agrivoltaics 
  • What is the right course of growth? 
     
17:00

Closing Remarks

presentation

10 min.

Ramses Struijker Boudier

Solarplaza

Session Topics:
17:10

Networking Drinks

Session Topics:

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Project Manager

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Project Coordinator

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