On our way to an emissions-neutral future the use of solar energy is crucial. The problem: the space for photovoltaic systems is getting tight. We need land for food, for housing, to preserve biodiversity. So where to go with the solar cells?

Credits:
Reporter: Monika Sax
Video Editors: Philipp Czegka, Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

#PlanetA #Agrivoltaics #Floatovoltaics

Read more:
Outlook for the industry:https://www.solarpowereurope.org/insi...

Integrated Photovoltaics – Areas for the Energy Transformation: https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/key-...

Space Energy Initiative: https://spaceenergyinitiative.org.uk/

Author would like to thank (for research support and background information):
Greg Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona, https://www.barrongafford.org
Dr. Thomas Reindl, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, https://www.seris.nus.edu.sg
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, https://agri-pv.org/en/
Tim Pinguin, The Space Energy Initiative, UK
Laura Dijksma and Gerjan Wubs, Groenleven, NL
Tanja Göller, Next2Sun, Germany
Børge Bjørneklett, Ocean Sun, Norway
Archanaa Nivruthaa Raja, Sembcorp Industries, Singapore

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Introducing Agrivoltaics
03:16 Photovoltaics place in agriculture
05:48 Taking the plunge with Floatovoltaics
09:57 Environmental impacts of floating solar
11:35 Solar power from space
14:20 Conclusion