Agrivoltaics for radicchio

Added on 28 March 2025

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An Italian research team has found that radicchio seedlings grown in a lab-scale greenhouse with a perovskite solar PV roof exhibited faster growth and larger leaves than the bare glass reference. In addition, simulations of such a PV roof revealed a positive energy balance, satisfying the energy demands of a typical greenhouse located in Italy.

Italian researchers compared the effects of a semitransparent perovskite solar PV, based on europium-enriched cesium lead triiodide (CsPbI3:EuI2), to a bare glass reference in a lab-scale greenhouse solar PV roof experiment to better understand the impact of light filtering on radicchio seedlings.