Electric Berry

农业光伏发电技术允许土地双重利用，将农业生产与光伏发电相结合。我们已经报道了创新的彩色和半透明太阳能电池板如何在种植植物上方安装时利用“备用”太阳辐射发电。将这些和新开发的柔性农业光伏材料应用于现有的多隧道可以帮助英国受保护的农业实现净零碳目标。这个能源密集型和有价值的英国农业部门将：在现实世界的商业环境中，试验如何最好地安装下一代太阳能电池板，既实用又经济有效；比较其实施对软果的影响；并展示产生的能源如何促进自动化农业。在现有的田间结构上应用新型太阳能电池板，减少了农村土地被大型太阳能农场占用的需求，而大型太阳能农场很少为种植者提供清洁的可再生能源。在这里，电力将在现场充分利用，种植浆果作物，利用电力实现自动采摘、电力灌溉、传感和车辆；所有能源主要来自可再生能源，任何多余的能源都将以与典型太阳能发电场非常相似的方式使国家电网受益。最终，我们希望种植100%的电动浆果。

Agrivoltaic technology allows dual use of land, combining agricultural production with photovoltaic electricity generation. We have already reported how innovative tinted and semi-transparent solar panels could utilise 'spare' solar irradiation for electricity production when installed above growing plants. Applying these, and newly developed flexible agrivoltaic materials, to existing polytunnels could help UK protected agriculture to meet net-zero carbon targets. This energy-intensive and valuable UK farming sector will: trial how best to install next-generation panels, practically and cost-effectively, in a real-world commercial setting; compare effects on soft fruit of their implementation; and show how generated energy can facilitate automated farming.Applying novel solar panels over existing in-field structures reduces the need for rural land being lost to large solar farms that rarely benefits the grower with clean renewable energy. Here, the power will be used fully on site to grow berry crops using electric power to automate picking, power irrigation, sensing and vehicles; all sourced form renewables primarily, any excess will benefit the national grid in very much the same way a typical solar farm would. Ultimately we wish to grow 100% Electric Berries.