Agri-PV is on the rise: since land use conflicts in Germany and Europe are one of the main problems in achieving for achieving solar expansion targets and thus climate protection, dual use concepts such as agri-PV are increasingly coming into focus. However, the application of agri-PV harbors high potential for complexity due to the involvement of various stakeholders, primarily farmers, investors and landowners. This is where different interests and needs.
About this area of tension but also what Agri-PV can bring to Germany, we spoke to Mark Kugel from „Obsthof Bernhard“.
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Mark Kugel grew up on Lake Constance in a family that mainly grew hops and apples. After completing his master's degree in industrial engineering and several years as an entrepreneur, mainly in the aerospace industry, he now supports the family business with AgriPV. Following the success of his great-uncle Hubert Bernhard's first AgriPV pilot plant on apples, the family is planning to build and operate further plants for their own farm, but also for interested farmers in the region.
