AgriPV at a crossroads: Two major hurdles – and how GridParity is now overcoming them

he energy transition in agriculture is at a crossroads. Two developments are currently slowing down the urgently needed expansion of AgriPV systems in Germany: First, the EU has still not approved the increased feed-in tariff for AgriPV – the promised 2.5 cents/kWh bonus has been politically agreed, but is blocked by state aid law. Second, in view of climate change, with more and more hours of sunshine and rising PV output, solar power is being shut down more and more frequently – valuable green electricity is being curtailed because the grid and the market cannot keep up. This reduces profitability and slows down investment.