Agrivoltaics‘ bigger picture and Europe’s impact: The role of policy for solar PV and agrivoltaics in the African landscape today

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Recording of Tuesday, November 5, 2024 | AgriVoltaics Industry Forum Europe 2024 | Language: English | Duration: 16:43 .

Speaker

Carlos Sordo
GOGLA

Talk of session: Bridging the Gap: Agriculture and Photovoltaics Industries Working Hand in Hand in Lessening the Effects of Climate Change

Panel discussion with the industry representatives of politics, agriculture and photovoltaics on:

  • the impact of regulations and politics
  • current limits and hurdles
  • outlook, next steps and great advantages (e.g. added value of PV in Agriculture in the context of climate change, multi-use of land, minimizing impact on the environment and through extreme weather)

Further Talks of this session:

Introduction to the Session Bridging the Gap

Speaker

Dries AckeSolar
Power Europe

To Talk

A European Focus: The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), farmers and AgriPVs – what is needed for this alliance to succeed?

Speaker

Antanas Karbauskas
European Commission

To Talk

AgriVoltaics in Spain: Current limits & hurdles, Facts + Figures, Outlook

Speaker

Martín Behar
UNEF

To Talk

Applied AgriVoltaics: Using Agri-PV as Booster to Accelerate Regenerative Agriculture Transition

Speaker

Benjamin Subei
Boston Consulting Group

To Talk

Questions & Answers

To Talk

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