Rain concentration and sheltering effect of solar panels on cultivated plots

Elamri, Yassin; Cheviron, Bruno; Mange, Annabelle; Dejean, Cyril; Liron, François; Belaud, Gilles

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1285-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1285-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1285-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 2

Research article

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20 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 20 Feb 2018

Rain concentration and sheltering effect of solar panels on cultivated plots

Yassin Elamri, Bruno Cheviron, Annabelle Mange, Cyril Dejean, François Liron, and Gilles Belaud

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Aug 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to comments of Reviewer 1', Bruno Cheviron, 17 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Review#2', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to comments of reviewer 2', Bruno Cheviron, 17 Oct 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (17 Oct 2017) by Lixin Wang

AR by Bruno Cheviron on behalf of the Authors (18 Oct 2017)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Oct 2017) by Lixin Wang

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (31 Oct 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (02 Dec 2017)

ED: Publish as is (12 Dec 2017) by Lixin Wang

AR by Bruno Cheviron on behalf of the Authors (22 Dec 2017)

Short summary

Agrivoltaism is the association of agricultural and photovoltaic energy production on the same land area, coping with the increasing pressure on land use and water resources while delivering clean and renewable energy. This paper shows how to operate the tilting-angle solar panels tested above the cultivated plots to remedy the often unexplored rain redistribution issues, by which large parts of the plot are sheltered, whereas concentrated fluxes are redirected on a few locations.