Soil protection measures can make agri-photovoltaics more sustainable

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Researchers at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research studied how soil is affected during the construction of agri-photovoltaic installations, which integrate electricity generation with farming. Their findings aim to improve the sustainability and long-term viability of these dual-use land systems.

Agri-photovoltaics combines electricity generation and agriculture on the same land—to ensure this works well in the long term, it is worth taking a closer look at the soil. Researchers at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) have, for the first time, measured how the construction phase of agri-photovoltaic installations affects soil structure.