Sustainable Agrivoltaics

Region

Country

Type

Projects shown

5 Africa · 5 Europe · 2 N.America · 1 Asia-Pac

Countries / territories

Kenya · Tanzania · Mali · Gambia · Ethiopia…

Best LER published

1.97

Lettuce — INRAE Montpellier (Marrou 2013)

Max water saving

70%

Sun'Agri vineyards, France — irrigation reduction

Largest system

70 MW

Pontinia (Cero Generation), Italy — operational Nov 2023

All projects — filterable view

Filtered by controls above · all data from named published sources

Published LER values

Sources: Marrou 2013 (DOI 10.1016/j.eja.2012.10.003) · Trommsdorff 2021 (10.1016/j.rser.2020.09.033) · Zheng 2021 (10.1371/journal.pone.0254482) · Dupraz 2011 (10.1016/j.renene.2011.03.005) · Randle-Boggis 2025 (10.1016/j.rser.2024.115066)

Confirmed installed capacity

Projects with published kWp / MW only · logarithmic scale

Sources: Cero Generation (Pontinia 70MW) · NREL 2021 (Jack's 1.2MW) · Fraunhofer ISE/UNU APV-MaGa (~450kWp, installing) · Trommsdorff 2021 (Heggelbach 194.4kWp) · Randle-Boggis 2025 (Kenya 62.1kWp + Tanzania 36.6kWp)

Africa — crop & energy findings

Kenya & Tanzania · Randle-Boggis et al. (2025) open-access abstract

Africa confirmed

Overall performance

"Performance of some crops improved under agrivoltaics. Crop survivability during a warm period was greater under the agrivoltaic system."

Open-access abstract

Land productivity

"Combining energy infrastructure with agriculture enhanced land productivity for all crops at both sites."

Open-access abstract

Crops confirmed improving

Maize, Swiss chard, and beans "thrived under partial shade." (Sheffield press release, Dec 2024)

Sheffield press release confirmed

Water use

"Panel shading reduced irrigation demand. Rainwater harvesting from panel runoff further reduced irrigation needs."

Open-access abstract

Specific yield % + LER

In full results tables — journal subscription required.

Subscription-gated

APV-MaGa, GGGI Ethiopia, EU/CTCN

No measured crop or energy data — installing or feasibility only.

No measured results yet

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.115066 · Open access PDF: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/224814/

Confirmed yield improvements

Published measurements from named sources only

Sources: Barron-Gafford et al. 2019 (Nature Sustainability, DOI 10.1038/s41893-019-0364-5) · Sun'Agri / pv-magazine Nov 2024 · Randle-Boggis 2025 · Zheng 2021 (PLOS ONE)

Confirmed water savings

Published quantified measurements only

Jalapeños
Biosphere 2, Arizona, USA

−65%

Water use vs open-field control. Barron-Gafford et al. 2019, Nature Sustainability.

Sun'Agri vineyards
France — range across all sites

−20 to −70%

Irrigation demand reduced via reduced evapotranspiration. pv-magazine Nov 2024.

Sun'Agri — Piolenc site
Vaucluse, France (84 kW confirmed)

−12 to −34%

Evapotranspiration reduction; 13% more anthocyanins in grapes. pv-magazine Mar 2020.

Soil moisture
Biosphere 2, USA

+15%

Soil moisture higher in agrivoltaic vs open-field system. Barron-Gafford et al. 2019.

Lettuce, Montpellier
INRAE France (Marrou 2013)

Maintained

Yield maintained despite less water available. Lettuce adapted to shade conditions.

Kenya + Tanzania
Africa (abstract confirmed)

Confirmed

Reduced irrigation confirmed in abstract. Specific % in subscription paper only.

Heggelbach · EAS China
Germany / China

N/Q

Water savings not quantified in available open-access sources.

Sources: Barron-Gafford 2019 · pv-magazine 2020, 2024 · Randle-Boggis 2025

Financing — all 13 projects

Africa (5 projects)

Kenya + Tanzania (UKRI)

UKRI GCRF grant — £1,400,000 (~USD 1.78M) for entire program (Kenya + Tanzania + Uganda + research). Research grant

EU/CTCN West Africa

EU ICS Programme via CTCN. Contract: USD 236,712 (UNGM ref. 3100006209, 26 Mar 2025). Feasibility contract

APV-MaGa (Mali + Gambia)

BMBF 50% (R&D grant) + Namene Solar Ltd 50% (commercial). Total: not published R&D pilot

GGGI Ethiopia

GGGI core programme funds. Total cost: not published Feasibility

Global commercial (3 projects)

Pontinia, Italy (70 MW)

Project finance debt (banks unnamed) + Cero Generation equity. Two 10-yr virtual PPAs: HEINEKEN 64 GWh/y + Philips 16 GWh/y. Subsidy-free. Total cost: not published Equity/Debt IRR: not disclosed

Jack's Solar Garden, USA

Private: property lien-financed. Community solar subscriber contracts. Revenue: ~$20,000/yr confirmed. Total: not published IRR: not disclosed

Sun'Agri, France

RGREEN INVEST 'Râcines' dedicated financing platform + CRE innovation tender support. Total: not published IRR: not disclosed

Global research (5 projects)

Heggelbach (DE) · INRAE (FR) · Biosphere 2 (US) · EAS (CN)

Research/academic grants only — BMBF, EU Horizon 2020, INRAE/ADEME/ANR, NSF, DOE/NREL, USTC. No commercial return applicable.

Sources: Cero Generation press releases · KUNC Dec 2024 · Sun'Agri news page · BMBF CLIENT II · UNGM · paper acknowledgements

Capacity by region — confirmed figures only

Logarithmic scale — Pontinia (70 MW) dominates Europe total

Europe: Pontinia 70,000 kWp + Heggelbach 194.4 kWp + Sun'Agri 84 kWp (comparable site). North America: Jack's Solar Garden 1,200 kWp. Africa: Latia Kenya 62.1 kWp + SAT Tanzania 36.6 kWp + APV-MaGa ~450 kWp (installing, approx.). Asia-Pacific: EAS China capacity N/P.

Full data table

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N/P is not published N/A is not available N/Q is not quantified

Project	Country	Region	Type	Capacity	LER (published)	Best yield uplift	Water saving	Financing / source

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