Combining Fruit Growing with Agrivoltaics

Fruit cultivation is a distinctive achievement when combining agrivoltaics and agricultural crops.

In Japan, blueberries, grapes, lemons, figs, tangerines, and other fruits are grown with agrivoltaics. Fruit trees can be planted in the ground or in pots, but the main feature is that the crops are grown using photovoltaic mounts. For example, bird nets are put up, watering pipes are crawled over, and grape trellises are built.

In recent years, the presence of shade from solar panels with agrivoltaics will become even more important, as the heat of summer has adversely affected the growth of fruit trees due to drastic climate change.

Agrivoltaics may become indispensable for orchards in the future.