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| Environmental Impacts of Agrivoltaics for Arid and Semi-arid Regions FNU Muhfizaturrahmah1, 2, Christiana Honsberg2, Stuart Bowden3, Michael Goryll2, Anamitra Pal2. 1Dept.of Electrical Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.2Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.3Solestial Solar, Tempe, AZ, USA |
Abstract
Agrivoltaic systems, which integrate photovoltaic energy generation with agricultural production, offer a promising approach to addressing challenges across the energy–water–food–land nexus, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. Empirical studies indicate that agrivoltaics can enhance crop water-use efficiency, reduce thermal and radiative stress, and increase overall land-use productivity through microclimate regulation; however, these benefits are highly dependent on array geometry, shading fraction, crop functional traits, and site-specific hydroclimatic conditions. Despite growing interest, research in dryland agrivoltaics reveals critical gaps, including a lack of multi-year and multi-site experiments, limited landscape-scale hydrologic assessments, insufficient investigation of soil physical and biological responses, sparse biodiversity and pollinator studies linked to agronomic outcomes, and inconsistent metrics that hinder synthesis and transferability. System-scale interactions among soil, plants, and atmosphere further complicate outcomes, with potential risks such as altered runoff and soil compaction. Comprehensive, long-term, and site-specific environmental assessments are therefore essential to ensure verifiable water savings, ecological co-benefits, and resilient agrivoltaic deployment in water-limited environments.
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