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Integrated Modelling of Agrivoltaic Systems

  • 1st Edition - November 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Pietro Elia Campana, Stefano Amaducci
  • Language: English

Integrated Modelling of Agrivoltaic Systems provides an overview of approaches to model, simulate, and optimize agrivoltaics systems, integrating modelling of PV systems, shadin… Read more

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Description

Integrated Modelling of Agrivoltaic Systems provides an overview of approaches to model, simulate, and optimize agrivoltaics systems, integrating modelling of PV systems, shading, microclimate, and crop yield, and enabling the reader to navigate this highly inter-disciplinary area in order to meet their requirements and the needs of current and future policies. The book provides tools to build models that allow the assessment before installation of the energy, crop, and water performances of agrivoltaics systems, considers economic aspects, and introduces other key topics such as finding suitable areas for the deployment of agrivoltaic systems and assessment of the environmental impact compared to conventional PV systems and agriculture. This is a valuable resource for all those with an interest in agrivoltaic systems and their modelling, simulation, design, optimization, and development, including researchers, graduate students, faculty, engineers, R&D, developers, and other professionals.

Key features

  • Explains how integrated modelling of agrivoltaic systems should be carried out and which key aspects need to be considered
  • Offers a set of models, approaches for interconnecting those models, and codes to allow the reader to build integrated/holistic models
  • Introduces the reader to agrivoltaic system optimization and considers economic profitability
  • Includes guidance on how to find suitable areas for the implementation of agrivoltaics systems and environmental impact assessment

Readership

Researchers, graduate students, and faculty with an interest in agrivoltaics, modelling and simulation, photovoltaics, solar energy, renewable energy, electrical engineering, bioengineering, crop sciences, and engineering

Table of contents

1. Agrivoltaic systems

2. Introduction to agrivoltaic systems modelling

3. Irradiance and shading modelling in agrivoltaic systems

4. Microclimate modelling for agrivoltaic systems

5. Crop modelling for agrivoltaic systems

6. PV yield modelling in agrivoltaic systems

7. Economic profitability of agrivoltaics systems

8. Agrivoltaic system optimization

9. LCA of agrivoltaic systems

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Pietro Elia Campana

Pietro Elia Campana is Associate Professor at the Future Energy Center, Department of Sustainable Energy Systems, Mälardalen University, Sweden. He is the head of the agrivoltaic research group at Mälardalen University and project leader of the first agrivoltaic systems in Sweden. He holds a PhD in Energy and Environmental Engineering from Mälardalen University. He is associate editor in the Elsevier journal Applied Energy (IF:11.2). His research interests include modelling, simulation, and optimization of agrivoltaic systems and integrated energy systems, machine learning for energy applications, solar irradiance assessment and water-food-energy nexus.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Future Energy Center, Department of Sustainable Energy Systems, Mälardalen University, Sweden

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Stefano Amaducci

Stefano Amaducci is Full Professor of Agronomy and Field Crops at the Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), Italy. Since 2019 he has been president of CITIMAP Scarl (www.citimap.it), a company that develops remote sensing solutions to support precision agriculture. He leads the field crops research group at UCSC which studies and develops management strategies to increase sustainability of agricultural systems. Research is carried out at the interface of crop ecophysiology, applied agronomy and soil science. Prof. Amaducci has recently developed a modelling platform for the optimization of agrivoltaic systems. He was chairman of the international conference Agrivoltaics2022.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), Italy