Sustainable Photovoltaic Landscapes – International Landscape Design Competition

International Landscape Design Competition

Can food, electricity and beauty share the same piece of land?

The agrivoltaic garden at NeoruraleHub

REGISTRATION & SUBMISSION DEADLINE
20 June 2022

Food and energy synergy for the future

Imagining Noah’s Ark of XXI century, it cannot but save solutions able to integrate all kinds of energy production, meaning electric energy for devices and food for human methabolism. This is why all design solutions have to be such to integrate Energy and Food on the same land area.

The challenge

How to design energy from the photovoltaic modules so that it is a beautiful piece of food productive landscape?

What is Agrivoltaics?

Agrivoltaic systems are a solution for sharing land for food and energy. Photovoltaic modules are installed in a way that land surface is available for agricultural activities, and crops can even benefit from the shadow from photovoltaics. This way the integration between electric energy and food production is fully achieved.

How do cultural landscapes of XXI century look like?

The project will harmoniously incorporate the agrivoltaic system with the surrounding countryside composition, by blending its structure into the existing natural landscape pattern and improve the surrounding ecosystem simultaneously.