Scientists say land-preservation costs should be factored into agrivoltaics' LCOE calculations

German researchers found that agrivoltaics costs far exceed agricultural benefits, raising doubts about subsidies and highlighting the need for more cost-competitive system designs.Scientists at Germany's Thünen Institute of Agricultural Technology proposed incorporating land preservation costs into the modeling of the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for agrivoltaic projects "Agrivoltaics can preserve agricultural land more effectively than standard ground-mounted PV installations by enabling the simultaneous use of land for electricity generation and farming," the research's lead author, Jonas ...

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