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Agrivoltaics is co-developing the same area of land for both solar photovoltaic power as well as for conventional agriculture. This technique was originally conceived by Adolf Goetzberger and Armin Zastrow in 1981. The coexistence of solar panels and crops implies a sharing of light between these two types of production.

Agrivoltaics has been massively implemented in Japan since 2004 and then, Agrivoltaics has expanded in Asia and Europe. Several crops can benefit from these systems, including fruit production.

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