Shedding light on biodiversity: reviewing existing knowledge and exploring hypothesised impacts of agrophotovoltaics.

ABSTRACT: The growing demand for energy and the shift towards green energy solutions have led to the conversion of open spaces and agricultural fields into photovoltaic (PV) power plants, exacerbating the "food-energy-environment" trilemma. Agrophotovoltaics (APVs), a dual-use system combining agriculture and energy production on the same land, presents a potential solution to this challenge. While the environmental impacts of ground-mounted utility-scale PV (USPV) power plants and the effects of APV systems on agricultural yields have been extensively studied and reviewed, the implications for wildlife and biodiversity remain largely unexplored. This knowledge gap is pressing, given the accelerated global adoption of APV systems and the urgency of understanding their broader ecological consequences

SUBMITTER: Schwarz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11885692 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature