What Is Pastoral-photovoltaic Complementarity?

The "pastoral-photovoltaic complementarity" is to combine solar photovoltaic conversion power generation with livestock pastures, plant grass for grazing under solar photovoltaic panels, and creates a new way of "breeding under the shed and power generation on the shed". From the perspective of space utilization, the roof of the shed is photovoltaic, and the shed is grass, which is a perfect match; from the perspective of functionality, photovoltaic panels can play a role in heat insulation and wind protection and can create more value compared to traditional roofs.

Photovoltaic panels can withstand strong sunlight in summer, and the temperature of photovoltaic panels drops faster at night. Some dew can drip from photovoltaic panels to the pasture, which is more conducive to the growth of pasture. At the same time, livestock such as cattle and sheep can walk around under photovoltaic panels.

"Pastoral-photovoltaic complementarity" makes full use of the existing grassland land to promote better development of animal husbandry. Not only green electricity is obtained, but also green pasture grown under green electricity is obtained, thus a greener animal husbandry.

The inclined laying of photovoltaic panels can not only fully receive light to achieve maximum power generation, which is conducive to subsequent cleaning, but also has the effect of heat insulation and cooling for the cowshed, and can meet the needs of lighting and ventilation.

"Pastoral-photovoltaic complementarity" is to achieve clean energy power generation by building a photovoltaic project on the roof, and at the same time, organically combining photovoltaic technology with modern animal husbandry inside or outside the shed to develop contemporary and efficient animal husbandry. It can generate electricity without pollution and zero emissions and does not occupy additional land, achieving three-dimensional value-added utilization of land.

Advantages of pastoral-photovoltaic complementarity:

1. Maintain pasture grass and improve land utilization. Under the "protection" of photovoltaic panels, pasture vegetation can be protected from the scorching sun and strong winds and protect farmed animals. This model will not affect the breeding industry or the power generation efficiency, and greatly improves the land utilization efficiency.

2. Help ecological restoration. Most pastoral areas are built on plateaus or mountains. The construction of photovoltaic power stations can effectively prevent wind and sand, improve the problem of soil erosion to a certain extent, and naturally contribute to the improvement of the local ecological environment and climate.

3. Reduce costs and open up new ways to get rich. Previously, herders used water and electricity simply for breeding, which not only wasted resources but also brought little profit. Now, photovoltaic electricity can solve the daily electricity needs of farms, and the water used to clean and maintain photovoltaic panels can seep into the ground and in turn nourish crops.