Brouchy
The key points
- Location: Brouchy, Somme
- SAU of the farm: 450ha
- Project size: 3ha + 3ha sample
- Agricultural production: Field crops (Wheat, Faba Bean, Potato, Bean...)
On the plot, the plants have particularly suffered from thermal and water stress in recent years, with high thermal amplitudes and especially long periods without water which have impacted plant growth and yields, especially for wheat and potatoes. Global warming is also progressively and steadily bringing earlier harvests. I was looking for solutions to adapt to climate change. Irrigated agrivoltaics is one of the possible answers.
Benoît Bougler, farm operator in Brouchy
Les scores of our demonstrators
-75% number of stressful days throughout the cycle (Amance, 2022)
2/3 An equal or greater number of hours in optimal climate conditions under canopies for 2 of the 3 indicators taken into account (Amance, Verdonnet and Brouchy, 2024)
= No significant difference in yield on Soprana soybeans (Amance, 2022)
= The yield of the meadow mixture, in the hottest month (August) under the canopy, reached twice the yield of the control zone and was equivalent from June to October (Souleuvre en Bocage, 2024)
-2°C -1 to -2°C during hot and sunny days (for extreme air temperatures) (Amance, 2022 and 2024)
-1°C at 30 cm depth from the ground from June to mid-August (Amance 2024)
