The following paper focuses on the analysis of Agrivoltaic technology in the Italian regulatory framework of 2023. The attempt is the one of evaluating the feasibility of an investment in the Agrivoltaic market segment accounting available incentive schemes. Incentive schemes developed by the Italian government to tackle to objectives posed within the ‘Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza’ concerning electricity produced by RES plants. To do that, a definition of Agrivoltaic was given, considering all the positive and negative aspect introduced by the implementation of PV plants over a soil area, with the willingness of yet exploiting the area for agricultural activities. A literature review was carried out searching for the best available technologies and practices on the worldwide market. It was detailed how and why the Agrivoltaic configuration could be the solution for nowadays problems in the agricultural field like droughts and drastic meteorological events. The project was developed thanks to an input given by two agricultural entrepreneurs by Erreci, a company operating in the photovoltaic installations market. The area of interest for the study was the one around Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, where agriculture is one of the most important business sectors of the province. Two analyses were conducted, on the one hand a small APV plant, with a peak power around 60 kWp. On the other hand, a bigger one, were the reference scale changed around a peak power installed of 900/1000 kWp according to the different proposed layouts. The two analyses were conducted jointly, exploiting kwon-how of both agricultural entrepreneurs and Erreci from the agricultural and technical perspectives. First, a technical design was developed according to space constraints. Then, starting from the available design, an economic evaluation was performed checking wheteher investments conditions could have been fruitful of not for the entrepreneurs. Finally, a sensitivity analysis was developed, trying to evaluate the most important assumptions made and trying to understand whether final conclusions could have been modified due to some parameter’s variations. The analyses were performed over specific locations but the idea laying behind the paper was the one of resulting a precursor of similar business models evaluation regardless of the specific geographic localisation around the Italian territory.
Il seguente documento si concentra sull’analisi della tecnologia Agrivoltaica nel quadro normativo italiano del 2023. Il tentativo è quello di valutare la fattibilità di un investimento nel segmento di mercato Agrivoltaico, dove per Agrivoltaico viene intesa l’unione sullo stesso terreno di produzione elettrica e agricola, considerando gli attuali incentivi disponibili. Regimi di incentivi sviluppati dal governo italiano per affrontare gli obiettivi stabiliti nell’ambito del Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza in materia di elettricità prodotta da impianti RES. Per fare questo, è stata data una definizione di Agrivoltaico, tenendo conto di tutti gli aspetti positivi e negativi introdotti dall’implementazione di impianti fotovoltaici su un’area di suolo, con la volontà di sfruttare l’area anche per attività agricole. Una revisione della letteratura è stata effettuata alla ricerca delle migliori tecnologie e pratiche disponibili sul mercato mondiale. È stato dettagliato come e perché la configurazione Agrivoltaic potrebbe essere la soluzione per i problemi attuali nel campo agricolo come la siccità e gli eventi meteorologici drastici. Il progetto è stato sviluppato grazie a un contributo di due imprenditori agricoli di Erreci, azienda che opera nel mercato delle installazioni fotovoltaiche. L’area di interesse per lo studio è stata quella di Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, dove l’agricoltura è uno dei settori di business più importanti della provincia. Sono state condotte due analisi, da un lato un piccolo progetto di APV, con una potenza massima di circa 60 kWp. D'altra parte, una più grande, con una potenza media installata di circa 900/1000 kWp in base alle diverse impostazioni tecnologiche proposte. Le due analisi sono state condotte congiuntamente, sfruttando le conoscenze pregresse sia degli imprenditori agricoli che di Erreci dal punto di vista agricolo e tecnico. In primo luogo, un design tecnico è stato sviluppato in base ai vincoli spaziali. Poi, partendo dal disegno disponibile, è stata effettuata una valutazione economica per verificare che le condizioni degli investimenti potessero risultare profittevoli per gli imprenditori. Infine, è stata sviluppata un'analisi di sensitività, cercando di valutare le ipotesi più importanti fatte e cercando di capire se le conclusioni finali avessero potuto essere modificate a causa delle variazioni di alcuni parametri. Le analisi sono state eseguite su località specifiche, ma l’idea dietro l’analisi proposta in questo eleborato è stata quella di produrre un modello di valutazione di modelli di business simili, indipendentemente dalla localizzazione geografica specifica all’interno del territorio italiano.
Techno-economic assessment of two agrovoltaics case studies
Nannetti, Mattia
2022/2023
Abstract
The following paper focuses on the analysis of Agrivoltaic technology in the Italian regulatory framework of 2023. The attempt is the one of evaluating the feasibility of an investment in the Agrivoltaic market segment accounting available incentive schemes. Incentive schemes developed by the Italian government to tackle to objectives posed within the ‘Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza’ concerning electricity produced by RES plants. To do that, a definition of Agrivoltaic was given, considering all the positive and negative aspect introduced by the implementation of PV plants over a soil area, with the willingness of yet exploiting the area for agricultural activities. A literature review was carried out searching for the best available technologies and practices on the worldwide market. It was detailed how and why the Agrivoltaic configuration could be the solution for nowadays problems in the agricultural field like droughts and drastic meteorological events. The project was developed thanks to an input given by two agricultural entrepreneurs by Erreci, a company operating in the photovoltaic installations market. The area of interest for the study was the one around Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, where agriculture is one of the most important business sectors of the province. Two analyses were conducted, on the one hand a small APV plant, with a peak power around 60 kWp. On the other hand, a bigger one, were the reference scale changed around a peak power installed of 900/1000 kWp according to the different proposed layouts. The two analyses were conducted jointly, exploiting kwon-how of both agricultural entrepreneurs and Erreci from the agricultural and technical perspectives. First, a technical design was developed according to space constraints. Then, starting from the available design, an economic evaluation was performed checking wheteher investments conditions could have been fruitful of not for the entrepreneurs. Finally, a sensitivity analysis was developed, trying to evaluate the most important assumptions made and trying to understand whether final conclusions could have been modified due to some parameter’s variations. The analyses were performed over specific locations but the idea laying behind the paper was the one of resulting a precursor of similar business models evaluation regardless of the specific geographic localisation around the Italian territory.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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