Our expertise in agrivoltaics

Guaranteeing agricultural sense at every stage of your projects

Experts and digital tools to support your projects

Development

- Agronomic study
- Technical design and project sizing
- Modeling of services provided
- Definition of the best compromise between agricultural benefits and energy production

Construction

- Site adapted to the agricultural calendar
- Electrical and module installation in line with farming requirements
- Installation of sensors and on-board systems adapted to the project
- Guaranteed reversibility of installations

Operating

- Control of dynamic modules using an intelligent, autonomous algorithm
- Monitoring of parks and consistency of climatic conditions with crop and animal needs

Our missions

Study of crop and animal requirements

Ombrea shares TotalEnergies' multi-energy vision. This is essential if we are to meet the challenges of food and energy sovereignty. Our expertise in agronomy, climate, biology and soil sciences enables us to work on several types of agri-energy: agrivoltaics, which has been at the heart of our expertise since 2016, solar energy and methanization.

Project design and dimensioning

Thanks to our project design tools, we can determine during the development phase which technology is best suited to the crop, the animals, the farmer's itinerary and the farm machinery. The height and spacing of the panels and the sensors can be adapted to the needs of the crop in question.

Numerical modeling and optimization of agri-energy benefits

Our simulators model the benefits generated by the installation of agrivoltaic technology on a given plot. Thanks to the agronomic study carried out upstream, we are able to compare the micro-climate created by the structure with the optimal conditions for crop development. This modeling takes into account all the characteristics of the area concerned by the project, in order to optimize both the services rendered to the crops and the production of solar energy.

Plant monitoring and control

To guarantee the services provided and ensure that agricultural activity is maintained, agrivoltaic sites are regularly monitored and recorded in a report. Overhead and underground sensors on the sites enable us to monitor the plots in real time. On a day-to-day basis, dynamic solar technologies are controlled by an algorithm that orients the modules to offer conditions that are favorable to agricultural development.

Our digital technologies

Modeling tools

Developed and used by our teams, they enable us to model the needs of plants and animals, as well as the climate, throughout the project. These tools enable us to create an adapted design and management system.

OmbreApp

Designed for farmers, the application enables them to monitor the climatic parameters of protected plots in real time. It centralizes the information collected by the sensors. This data is used for agronomic monitoring for precision farming.

Control algorithm

Climatic data from the plot is continuously measured by a set of sensors. All this information is collected in real time and is the input data for the module control algorithm. This data enables us to provide the best micro-climate for the plant.