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@ARTICLE{NeupaneBhandari:904287,
author = {Neupane Bhandari, Srijana and Schlüter, Sabine and
Kuckshinrichs, Wilhelm and Schlör, Holger and Adamou,
Rabani and Bhandari, Ramchandra},
title = {{E}conomic feasibility of agrivoltaic systems in
{F}ood-{E}nergy {N}exus context: {M}odelling and a case
study in {N}iger},
journal = {Agronomy},
volume = {11},
number = {10},
issn = {2073-4395},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-05857},
pages = {1906 -},
year = {2021},
abstract = {In the literature, many studies outline the advantages of
agrivoltaic (APV) systems from different viewpoints:
optimized land use, productivity gain in both the energy and
water sector, economic benefits, etc. A holistic analysis of
an APV system is needed to understand its full advantages.
For this purpose, a case study farm size of 0.15 ha has been
chosen as a reference farm at a village in Niger, West
Africa. Altogether four farming cases are considered. They
are traditional rain-fed, irrigated with diesel-powered
pumps, irrigated with solar pumps, and the APV system. The
APV system is further analyzed under two scenarios: benefits
to investors and combined benefits to investors and farmers.
An economic feasibility analysis model is developed.
Different economic indicators are used to present the
results: gross margin, farm profit, benefit-cost ratio, and
net present value (NPV). All the economic indicators
obtained for the solar-powered irrigation system were
positive, whereas all those for the diesel-powered system
were negative. Additionally, the diesel system will emit
annually about 4005 kg CO2 to irrigate the chosen reference
farm. The land equivalent ratio (LER) was obtained at 1.33
and 1.13 for two cases of shading-induced yield loss
excluded and included, respectively.},
cin = {IEK-STE},
ddc = {640},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-STE-20101013},
pnm = {1112 - Societally Feasible Transformation Pathways
(POF4-111)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1112},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000717120700001},
doi = {10.3390/agronomy11101906},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904287},
}