Project duration: 2025-2031
Project data Agri-PV-Grass
Photovoltaic systems require large areas and can conflicts with agricultural use, nature conservation, and landscape aesthetics. A combined use in the form of an agri-PV system allows for the integration of energy production and agriculture, for which, in addition to management restrictions, advantages such as reduced drought stress or increased biodiversity could play an important role.
In this project, ground-mounted photovoltaic systems and agri-PV systems on grassland fields are compared with regard to their impact on yield, biodiversity and management
Project implementation Agri-PV-Grass
The scientific data collection takes place at three representative grassland sites in Austria with different climatic conditions:
- Alpine foothills
- Inner Alpine regions
- dry border region
A comparative study of agri-PV systems and open-field systems aims to provide farmers with data that can serve as a basis for decision-making.
A prerequisite for a constructive discussion of such facilities, which combine traditional land use with the expansion of renewable energy, is an objective, scientific examination of this topic.
Team
DI Alfred Pöllinger-Zierler
Head of Department and Deputy Head of Institute.
Dr. Andreas Bohner
Environmental ecology
Dr. Wilhelm Graiss
Head of Department
Mag. Christian Fritz, MA
Department Management
Dr. Lukas Gaier
Forage plants, varieties and mixture management
DI Andreas Klingler
Grassland research
Ing. Josef Kaufmann
Analytics