Apt agrivoltaic site

"I expect the Ombrea solution to help me improve the quality of products under shade and save water by limiting irrigation" - Claude Sollier, farmer

Claude's project, carried out in collaboration with Société du Canal de Provence, is Ombrea's first installation in arboriculture. It involves a plot of plum trees in production, making the installation and use of Ombrea technology on the plot a real challenge. The feedback from this project will be all the more rapid, for an arboricultural sector whose difficulties are increasing in the context of climate change. The follow-up partnership with the La Pugère experimental station will enable us to highlight the effects of agrivoltaics on the plant cycle and on fruit production.

APT (84)

Crop: plum
Crop management: conventional
Technology: translational shade
Power: 96 kWp
Surface area: 0.13 ha
Design: 252 panels, 6 rows
Control area: 1500m² control area, south shade
In service since: 2023

It's been a real pleasure to bring this project to fruition, thanks in particular to Claude's agricultural expertise and his passion for his profession. We're all looking forward to drawing the first conclusions from this experiment.

Pierre-Antoine Chuste, Head of Ombrea's R&D department

Agro-climatic service objectives

Temperature and sunshine

Protection of fruit and trees against thermal, hydric and oxidative stresses

Quality

Preservation of quality: quantity of juice, sugar and acid content

Water requirement

Saving water resources by limiting evapotranspiration

Gel

Limit frost damage

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