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A Review on the Agri-voltaic and Fence PV System
Hasnain Yousuf1
,
Koo Lee2
,
Young Hyun Cho2*
1Interdisciplinary Program in Photovoltaic System Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Korea
2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Korea
*Corresponding Author
31 December 2022. pp. 116-120
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Abstract

Solar energy is rapidly being utilized to generate power in Europe and other countries, but the environmental effect of building and operating solar farms is not fully understood. The building of a solar park demands the removal of certain vegetation and the leveling of the land. Solar energy infrastructure may involve considerable landscape change, altering soil biological processes and influencing hydrologic, carbon and vegetative dynamics. To rebuild the solar PV facilities soils, inherent plant fields might require to be re-established. Within the scope of this research, we presented an analysis of the effects that were caused by the solar farm.

Keywords
Fence PV
Agri-voltaic
Bifacial
Solar farms
Soil analysis
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  • Publisher :Korea Photovoltaic Society
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국태양광발전학회
  • Journal Title :Current Photovoltaic Research
  • Volume : 10
  • No :4
  • Pages :116-120
  • Received Date : 2022-11-25
  • Revised Date : 2022-12-08
  • Accepted Date : 2022-12-12
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.21218/CPR.2022.10.4.116
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