Farmers
Agrivoltaics: A win-win for farmers
As a farmer, combating the challenges of climate change is crucial. How can you protect your fields from weather extremes and ensure your harvests thrive?
Q ENERGY presents two innovative cooperation opportunities for farmers. The first is agrivoltaics, a cutting-edge approach blending solar energy with agriculture. The second option involves leasing of underutilized land for the construction of renewable energy power plants. This may be either a solar solution, an onshore wind energy project or a hybrid solution in combination with a battery energy storage system (BESS).
Agrivoltaics: Harnessing the sun for more than just energy
Under optimal conditions, agrivoltaics can enhance the crop cultivation while at the same time producing clean solar energy. This method offers significant economic and environmental benefits, particularly in regions hard-hit by climate change.
Agrivoltaics combines solar energy generation with agriculture practice, allowing for crop growth, grazing, and native habitats beneath and between solar systems. This synergy with your farmland makes agrivoltaics an effective strategy for adapting to climate change.
With agrivoltaics, you can create a versatile area for animal breeding, agricultural production and energy generation. In addition, you are armed against increasingly frequent climate fluctuations and receive an annual rent that helps to support your farm. In addition to these financial advantages, the temporary use of your land as a solar park is also good for the ecological recovery of your farmland. Living creatures in need of protection also benefit, as the fencing of the area creates a small biotope of its own - thus supporting and promoting the biodiversity of the region.
Political backing for agrivoltaics in Europe
Political support for agrivoltaics is rising across Europe: France, Italy and Germany are only three of many countries, which see the multiple advantages of solar systems on farmland: no additional areas are needed, the systems unfold positive effects for farmers and accelerate the energy transition. That´s why they have included agrivoltaics into their renewable energy expansion strategies. Now is the time to think about getting future-ready with a solar system on your farmland, be it as an agrivoltaic solution or as a ground-mounted solar power plant.
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Do you have agricultural land and would like to know about its potential for renewable energy? For the construction of solar and wind parks, as well as for hybrid renewable energy power plants including energy storage solutions, we are continuously looking for suitable land areas throughout Europe.
As a farmer and or landowner, you can generate new income opportunities while at the same time significantly improving your ecological footprint through a partnership with Q ENERGY. Unlock the potential of your land now and become a driver of the energy transition! Explore our land leasing tool to discover the green energy project possibilities for your land.