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Authors:
Andressa de Sousa
Maria Isabel Ramos
Juan Manuel Jurado
Francisco Feito
Keywords: Agrivoltaics; Geographic Information System; Agriculture; Geospatial analysis.
Abstract:
Agrivoltaic systems represent an innovative strategy to improve sustainability in agriculture by integrating solar energy production with food cultivation. In the province of Jaén, Spain, where olive cultivation is key, the implementation of these systems could optimise land use and increase farmers' profitability. This study uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), specifically the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to identify the most suitable sites for the installation of agrivoltaics. The results indicate that 19% of the area studied (33,840 km²) is highly suitable for agrivoltaic systems, with solar radiation and terrain slope being the most influential factors. This paper contributes a reproducible GIS-MCDM methodology for agrivoltaic site selection using expert weighted criteria and spatial layers. The novelty lies in applying these techniques specifically to olive groves in Jaén, integrating solar potential with crop viability to support land use optimization.
Pages: 1 to 6
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2025
Publication date: May 18, 2025
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-393X
ISBN: 978-1-68558-269-2
Location: Nice, France
Dates: from May 18, 2025 to May 22, 2025