INTERREG-SUDOE Agrosol Project: Agrovoltaics and resilience in rural areas of the Sudoe territory
- Type Project
- Status In progress
- Execution 2025 -2028
- Assigned Budget 2.241.546,00 €
- Scope Europeo
- Autonomous community Castilla y León; Extremadura; Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
- Main source of financing INTERREG 21-27
- Project website Web del proyecto Agrosol (INTERREG)
Developing energy sovereignty and adapting agriculture to climate change to ensure food independence are major strategic challenges. Agrivoltaics, which combines agricultural and energy production, can address these challenges, but it also presents risks in terms of land speculation, negative impacts on biodiversity, and changes to farmers' working practices. AgroSOL aims to develop a sustainable model for agrivoltaics in rural areas, focusing on small and medium-sized farms to strengthen farmers' livelihoods. To this end, a common strategy will be developed to facilitate the implementation of photovoltaic production models that contribute to the resilience of rural areas in southwestern Europe.
The project includes several pilot projects to work on understanding the impact of solar panels, their design, and the most suitable technological solutions:
- Pilot 1: ES (Navarra) – led by CONSORCIO EDER with technical support from UPNA and UBU, will carry out the project in woody crops (vineyard, olive) as well as in horticultural crops and asparagus under plastic.
- Pilot 2: PT (Alentejo) – carried out by the UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA in collaboration with ADENE, potentially focused on crop rotation and horticultural production in greenhouses.
- Pilot 3: FR (Nouvelle Aquitaine) – will be implemented by ESTIA and GLHD in several tests adapted to family farming, with various types of horticultural crops, cereals and legumes.
- Pilot 4: ES (Castilla y León) – led by ITAGRA, will focus on agrivoltaics with mushroom production combined with the production of aromatic and medicinal plants, with technical support from UPNA and UBU and support from EREN for the dissemination of results.
- Pilot 5: ES (Extremadura) – led by CICYTEX, focusing on the impact of solar panels on winter cereal crops. Each country has its own areas of specialization that will allow for the application of the technologies.
Member name: Olivier Larre
E-mail: o.larre@estia.fr
Member name: Iosu García Fernández
Email: servicio.investigacion@unavarra.es
Member name: Joana Fernandes
Email: joana.fernandes@adene.pt
Member name: Sandra Calvo Díaz
Email: eder@consorcioeder.es
Member name: David González Peña
Email: davidgp@ubu.es
Member name: Sylvain Mouche
Email: s.mouche@glhd.fr
Member name: MªPuy Domínguez Pérez
E-mail: mpuy.dominguez@jcyl.es
Member name: Luis Fialho
Email: lafialho@uevora.pt
Member name: Paloma Moraga Babiano
Email: paloma.moraga@juntaex.es
Member name: Raúl Doncel Macho
Email: rdoncel@itagra.es
- École Supérieure des Technologies Industrielles Avancées
- École Supérieure des Technologies Industrielles Avancées
- Universidad Pública de Navarra, Departamento de Ingeniería
- ADENE - Agência para a energia
- Consorcio para las Estrategias de Desarrollo de la Ribera de Navarra
- Universidad de Burgos, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Departamento de Ingeniería Electromecánica
- GREEN LIGHTHOUSE DEVELOPPEMENT
- Ente público Regional de la Energía de Castilla y León
- Universidade de Évora, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada (IIFA)
- Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura, Instituto de Investigaciones Agrarias Finca La Orden - Valdesequera
- Centro Tecnológico Agrario y Agroalimentario (ITAGRA.CT)
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