Agrivoltaics in Color: Going From Light Spectra to Biomass

Agrivoltaics (AV), conceived in the early 1980s, promise to ameliorate competition between solar energy generation and crop production for arable land. The premise behind AV is that excess light not used photosynthesis can be production. There are opportunities maximizing by targeting particular wavelengths (e.g., red) transmitted through semi-transparent photovoltaic (PV) cells depending on type environmental conditions. Camporese Abou Najm (2022, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002900) developed a numerical model accommodates various of incoming spectrum predict photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, transpiration. This commentary seeks place those other recent findings about modifications plant micro-environment PV context maximum attainable aboveground biomass.