Affiliation(s)
Department of Micro and Nanotechnologies, ICAT (Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology), UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), Circuito Exterior s/n, Cd. Universitaria, Ciudad de México 04510, México
ABSTRACT
A new trend involving
the combination of solar concentrators and agricultural plants on the same piece
of land offers the possibility of realizing both electricity generation and a good
crop harvest. Authors analyze this situation for different countries,
including Mexico, and based on authors’ experience regarding
the development of new solar concentrator prototypes, authors’ primary objective was to describe the development of compact,
light, and inexpensive solar concentrator prototypes that can be collocated on horizontal
roofs. Authors’ second objective was to investigate the combination
of such solar concentrator prototypes with agricultural plants on the same field.
Thus, several studies related to the combination of renewable energy generation
and agricultural crops were reviewed. Many such systems involving the combination
of PV (Photovoltaic) panels
with different types of vegetables exist in the USA, France (lettuce production),
Japan (tomato production), India (aloe and corn), northern Italy (maize), Spain and México.
KEYWORDS
Solar concentrator, agricultural plant, flat triangular mirror.
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