Solar Panels for Viticulture - Agriculture
By 2050, the European vine-prone land will have decreased by an average of 68% due to global warming. This is true for most world wines of which Mediterranean, Californian, Australian and South-African wines.
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Consequences are already huge:
- Harvests happen earlier;
- Water stress, more acute some summers, dramatically reduces yields;
- Increase demand in water;
- Modification of the grape quality and of the aromatic properties of wines: maturation period subjected to high temperatures;
- Grapes reach early maturity;
- Increase in sugar level in grape and thus of the alcoholic content;
- Higher climate risks, etc.
Advantages
The Sun’Agri solution provides smart shadings in order to limit excessive light and heat:
- Reduction of wines’ alcohol content;
- Preservation of aromatic properties of wines;
- Alternative to irrigation during dry periods for vineyards far from water sources: up to 20% in water saved;
- Preservation and even increase in yields : tackles recurring reductions of yield related to climate change.