Why we should be putting solar panels on our fields and lakes

On our way to an emissions-neutral future the use of solar energy is crucial. The problem: the space for photovoltaic systems is getting tight. We need land for food, for housing, to preserve biodiversity. So where to go with the solar cells? Credits: Reporter: Monika Sax Video Editors: Philipp Czegka, Frederik Willmann Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. #PlanetA #Agrivoltaics #Floatovoltaics Read more: Outlook for the industry:https://www.solarpowereurope.org/insi... Integrated Photovoltaics – Areas for the Energy Transformation: https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/key-... Space Energy Initiative: https://spaceenergyinitiative.org.uk/ Author would like to thank (for research support and background information): Greg Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona, https://www.barrongafford.org Dr. Thomas Reindl, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, https://www.seris.nus.edu.sg Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, https://agri-pv.org/en/ Tim Pinguin, The Space Energy Initiative, UK Laura Dijksma and Gerjan Wubs, Groenleven, NL Tanja Göller, Next2Sun, Germany Børge Bjørneklett, Ocean Sun, Norway Archanaa Nivruthaa Raja, Sembcorp Industries, Singapore Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Introducing Agrivoltaics 03:16 Photovoltaics place in agriculture 05:48 Taking the plunge with Floatovoltaics 09:57 Environmental impacts of floating solar 11:35 Solar power from space 14:20 Conclusion