Since 2016 CCRES has been operating an innovation technology park that incorporates a training and research center.
One of the main changes that CCRES has made is to install a management system where you can study the consumption and assess what part of the process can be improved.
This will help to evaluate its weaknesses and aid us in what way the RES will influence this process.
The project objectives are:
• Reduce the power required (measuring the collection hours, and functionality periods….)
• Maximise the use of RES with a cogeneration system and PV agrivoltaics.
This management system can reduce energy consumption by 30-40%.
At the very least, showcases the ability of agrivoltaics to increase land-use efficiency without sacrificing much in the way of either energy or food production. Furthermore, many agrivoltaic configurations appear even to enhance both food and energy production while at the same time reducing the environmental impact of pursuing each activity as a standalone.
While this area of research is still advancing, findings from these particular studies can help to inform optimal designs and standards for emerging applications of agrivoltaics. To date, little support and guidance on best-practice implementation, let alone policy, exists to foster agrivoltaic deployment. Yet if current signals in research hold up, agrivoltaics may help low-carbon energy to become synergistic with, rather than competitive with, other sustainable development goals.
Zeljko Serdar, CCRES
