The potential of agrivoltaic system in Malaysia: assessment on microclimate, soil properties and selected crop responses / Noorfarah Faizza Mohd Noor

Solar photovoltaic (PV) has grown a lot over the years, which has led to land competition between using PV to make energy and growing food to meet rising demand. As a result, agrivoltaic systems have become a promising way to grow crops and produce electricity at the same time. This research studied...

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Main Author:	Mohd Noor, Noorfarah Faizza
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Soils Soil science Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83353/1/83353.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.833532023-12-27T02:20:40Z The potential of agrivoltaic system in Malaysia: assessment on microclimate, soil properties and selected crop responses / Noorfarah Faizza Mohd Noor 2023 Mohd Noor, Noorfarah Faizza Soils. Soil science. Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships Solar photovoltaic (PV) has grown a lot over the years, which has led to land competition between using PV to make energy and growing food to meet rising demand. As a result, agrivoltaic systems have become a promising way to grow crops and produce electricity at the same time. This research studied the microclimate properties and soil properties effects in the solar park at Pahang and then examined the feasibility of an agrivoltaic system by evaluating the crop responses at Melaka. We measured photosynthesis active radiation (PAR), light intensity (LI), relative humidity (RH), air temperature (AT), and wind speed (WS) in outskirt panels, under panels and row between panels at three distinct locations: the highest point area, moderately inclined area, and the lowest point area. We also collected soil samples for chemical and physical properties analyses. We found that PAR, LI, and WS remained low beneath the panels at all locations. Interestingly, no significant difference in AT was detected at different treatments. The accumulation of organic matter, moisture content, and soil bulk densities showed similarities between different treatments irrespective of locations. Soil infertility is reflected by low pH, CEC, exchangeable bases, and available phosphorus. Furthermore, almost no carbon, sulphur, or nitrogen was found in the results. On the other hand, we observed the growth responses of Okra, eggplant, green spinach, Brazilian spinach, water spinach, Chinese kale, Chinese cabbage, and pennywort under different shading zones like those attributed from a solar panel to determine the growth responses of selected crops. As expected, the light limitation affects the growth of the crops. However, we inferred that okra, eggplant, Brazilian spinach, and pennywort can be implemented in the agrivoltaic system as it was found that the crops planted under the area of the highest elevated panel were able to meet the market’s standards. Besides, the other four species of leafy vegetables are more suitable to be grown in the row area. These results suggest that the row area can be the best place to cultivate green leafy vegetables. Therefore, although our solar farm was built close to the ground, it is possible to produce vegetables, and this study may pave the way for the simultaneous generation of food and energy in Malaysia and other Asian countries. 2023 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83353/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/83353/1/83353.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology Abdul Reeza, Ameera
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language	English
advisor	Abdul Reeza, Ameera
topic	Soils Soil science Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships
spellingShingle	Soils Soil science Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships Mohd Noor, Noorfarah Faizza The potential of agrivoltaic system in Malaysia: assessment on microclimate, soil properties and selected crop responses / Noorfarah Faizza Mohd Noor
description	Solar photovoltaic (PV) has grown a lot over the years, which has led to land competition between using PV to make energy and growing food to meet rising demand. As a result, agrivoltaic systems have become a promising way to grow crops and produce electricity at the same time. This research studied the microclimate properties and soil properties effects in the solar park at Pahang and then examined the feasibility of an agrivoltaic system by evaluating the crop responses at Melaka. We measured photosynthesis active radiation (PAR), light intensity (LI), relative humidity (RH), air temperature (AT), and wind speed (WS) in outskirt panels, under panels and row between panels at three distinct locations: the highest point area, moderately inclined area, and the lowest point area. We also collected soil samples for chemical and physical properties analyses. We found that PAR, LI, and WS remained low beneath the panels at all locations. Interestingly, no significant difference in AT was detected at different treatments. The accumulation of organic matter, moisture content, and soil bulk densities showed similarities between different treatments irrespective of locations. Soil infertility is reflected by low pH, CEC, exchangeable bases, and available phosphorus. Furthermore, almost no carbon, sulphur, or nitrogen was found in the results. On the other hand, we observed the growth responses of Okra, eggplant, green spinach, Brazilian spinach, water spinach, Chinese kale, Chinese cabbage, and pennywort under different shading zones like those attributed from a solar panel to determine the growth responses of selected crops. As expected, the light limitation affects the growth of the crops. However, we inferred that okra, eggplant, Brazilian spinach, and pennywort can be implemented in the agrivoltaic system as it was found that the crops planted under the area of the highest elevated panel were able to meet the market’s standards. Besides, the other four species of leafy vegetables are more suitable to be grown in the row area. These results suggest that the row area can be the best place to cultivate green leafy vegetables. Therefore, although our solar farm was built close to the ground, it is possible to produce vegetables, and this study may pave the way for the simultaneous generation of food and energy in Malaysia and other Asian countries.
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author	Mohd Noor, Noorfarah Faizza
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title	The potential of agrivoltaic system in Malaysia: assessment on microclimate, soil properties and selected crop responses / Noorfarah Faizza Mohd Noor
title_short	The potential of agrivoltaic system in Malaysia: assessment on microclimate, soil properties and selected crop responses / Noorfarah Faizza Mohd Noor
title_full	The potential of agrivoltaic system in Malaysia: assessment on microclimate, soil properties and selected crop responses / Noorfarah Faizza Mohd Noor
title_fullStr	The potential of agrivoltaic system in Malaysia: assessment on microclimate, soil properties and selected crop responses / Noorfarah Faizza Mohd Noor
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title_sort	potential of agrivoltaic system in malaysia: assessment on microclimate, soil properties and selected crop responses / noorfarah faizza mohd noor
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The potential of agrivoltaic system in Malaysia: assessment on microclimate, soil properties and selected crop responses / Noorfarah Faizza Mohd Noor

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