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Engie, Amazon inaugurate Italy’s biggest agrivoltaic farm
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MILAN (Reuters) – France’s Engie and Amazon on Friday cut the ribbon of Italy’s biggest agrivoltaic farm with the aim to supply green energy to the Italian unit of the e-commerce giant.
MILAN (Reuters) – France’s Engie and Amazon on Friday cut the ribbon of Italy’s biggest agrivoltaic farm with the aim to supply green energy to the Italian unit of the e-commerce giant.
The farm, near the Sicilian city of Trapani, will create power through photovoltaic panels placed high above the ground in order to allow cultivation in the fields below.
Engie and Amazon have signed a corporate power purchase agreement under which the bulk of the power created by the 66 megawatt (MW) plant will go to the e-commerce group, they said in a joint statement.
(Reporting by Francesca Landini, editing Federico Maccioni)
Agrivoltaics refers to the simultaneous use of land for both agriculture and solar energy production. This approach allows for the cultivation of crops while generating renewable energy through solar panels.
Photovoltaic energy is the conversion of sunlight directly into electricity using solar panels. This technology harnesses solar energy to generate clean, renewable power.
Renewable energy is energy derived from natural sources that are replenished at a faster rate than they are consumed, such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy.
A megawatt (MW) is a unit of power equal to one million watts. It is commonly used to measure the output of power plants or the amount of electricity required by large consumers.
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