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Based in Aix-en-Provence, France, Ombrea, TotalEnergies' international agri-energy Center of Expertise, is dedicated to providing agro-climatic services to support crop development, while ensuring perfect synergy with energy production.
Today, the Centre d'Expertise has 50 experts dedicated to agricultural issues, 13 pilot sites spread across the country and over 50 crop varieties studied, enabling us to propose a project adapted to each crop and each terrain.
The world of agriculture is facing a number of challenges: economic, social, environmental and climatic. To meet these challenges and ensure the long-term viability of their operations, farmers are becoming active players in the energy transition, in addition to their primary activity of food sovereignty. Agrivoltaics, methanization and photovoltaics on buildings are just some of the ways in which the agricultural sector is producing energy.
- Intelligent shading systems and trackers. These systems respond to the needs of crops by dynamically controlling shading, thus creating favorable conditions for crops.
- Vertical solar power plant. This system of fixed vertical bifacial panels, like hedges, creates a windbreak effect that protects crops and limits dehydration.
- Fixed, elevated shading systems. In addition to providing shade, this fixed system improves humidity and temperature conditions in the soil beneath the panels, enabling more even crop growth and better feed for the herd.
- Photovoltaic roof panels to add value to your sheds and buildings. The electricity produced is used for local consumption or fed into the grid.
- Ground-mounted photovoltaic plants on non-cultivable land (derelict land, quarries, etc.)
- Valorization of agricultural by-products, livestock effluents and access to a quality biofertilizer: digestate.
Agrivoltaics helps meet the dual challenge of food and energy sovereignty by producing significant agricultural output and solar-generated electricity on the same plot of land. The law of March 10, 2023 on accelerating the production of renewable energies provides a framework for this practice.
"Art. L. 31436.- I.- An agrivoltaic installation is an electricity production facility that uses the sun's radiative energy and whose modules are located on an agricultural parcel where they make a lasting contribution to the installation, maintenance or development of agricultural production."
In an agrivoltaic power plant, plots of land retain their agricultural vocation. Photovoltaic panels are installed to provide services for crops and animals.
An agrivoltaic installation must provide at least one of the following four services:
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