Using the sun to its foremost , that ’s what three Gallic horticultural partners are judge to do . That ’s why they ’ve installed ASCA photovoltaic motion-picture show at a commercial greenhouse nearby France . married person in the project are horticultural Eiffage Energie Systèmes , the French grower with Les Maraichers Nantais and Groupe Olivier .
Covering 43 m² and incorporated in three different ways , the project aims to attest the deservingness of the ASCA organic photovoltaic film and its power to meet the specific needs of producers .
Solarizing agrarian glasshouse with OPV plastic film : what are the benefits?The desire to instal photovoltaic engineering on agricultural greenhouses is not a new idea . The experiment was already carried out a act of year ago with 1st and 2nd generation solar dialog box . Initial result prove inconsistent as growing cycles appeared to be lengthy with later harvesting and low return .
Unlike a classic solar board , however , and due to its current foil of up to 30 % , the ASCA organic photovoltaic film offer the vantage of letting a proportion of the sunlight pass through , thereby enabling photosynthesis to take situation .
Another advantage of the OPV technology is its lowly weight . In contrast to a photovoltaic venire which , once installed , remains fasten and can not be easily removed , the ASCA pic can be easily incorporated in a deployable and retractable system , adjust to the season or the weather status .
Solar greenhouses : how and why is the film installed?With this manifestation , the growers and Eiffage Energie Systèmes are seeking to measure the part of organic photovoltaic picture as both a low - carbon energy solution and as a regulator of luminosity and thermal conditions .
To fit this need , the ASCA Solutions Lab , dedicate to designing specific integrated lotion for OPV film , create three different modes of installation at the nursery of the Olivier Group .
ego - wasting disease modeThe intact system has been follow out by ARMOR , Groupe Olivier and Eiffage Energie Systèmes . The latter company also made the electrical connections for self - consumption mode .
What can this green electricity be used for?The 79 ASCA photovoltaic modules set up as part of this demonstration cover a total surface area of 43 m² . The green electrical energy produced will be monitored over a period of one year and run back into the grid , covering a proportion of the greenhouses ’ DOE costs : lighting , dehumidification , automatic irrigation system , etc .
The object lens of the pilot project is therefore to certify the merits of OPV engineering and especially of the ASCA photovoltaic film for this case of covering . If the test prove to be a succeeder it will be deploy on a larger scale .
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