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SUNfarming Agri-Solar Concept
www.sunfarming.de
SUNfarming has been family-owned since 2004. We offer full EPC services, operate and
invest in our own operational asset base
SUNfarming at a glance
End-to-End Capabilities Achievements Proven Senior Management Team
✓ SUNfarming’s agile, entrepreneurial

Land and Farmer Scouting approx. 230 MWp team has a proven track record in the
Operational portfolio renewable energy business
Planning and Permitting In Germany and Poland
✓ Pioneers in the Agri-PV business,
leveraging strong relationships with
Full EPC and PV Manufacturing farmers to progress dual land use at
680 MWp solar farms
solar projects in Germany,
Total Value Chain QA/QC Poland and international covered ✓ Reliable supply through long-term
supplier relationships
Project Financing and PPA 4 GWp ✓ Experienced team of employees with

Tangible near-term milestone with 200+ years of cumulative experience in
approx. 0.8 GW in late-stage renewable energies
O&M and Asset Management development
SUNfarming is active in more than 14 countries worldwide
Presence of the SUNfarming Group 2023
Poland
Netherlands
Germany Turkey
Dom. Rep.
Ghana Kenya Sri Lanka

Uganda
Brasil
Mauritius
Main locations
Madagascar
Individual representations
South Africa
Headquarters: Global presence:

Erkner, Germany Company and project locations in >14 countries
in Europe, Africa and Latin America
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State of the art PV plants, and mounting systems engineering combined with
agricultural as well as technical expertise
Specialised photovoltaic solutions
Free-field photovoltaic systems Free-field photovoltaic systems Rooftop PV systems with Floating PV systems for
on conversion surfaces on landfills integrated battery systems reservoirs and lakes
Eco-Solar, allowing for biodiversity enhancement and CO2 capture Agri-PV allowing for multiple uses, such as crop and livestock farming
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SUNfarming Agri-Solar systems contribute to a higher biodiversity.
Benefits for the biodiversity
Creation of new
Soil recovery
habitats
• No fertilizers
• Extensive permanent grassland • Formation of humus
• Insect population increases • Erosion prevention
• Pollination for agriculture • CO2 binding
• Food for breeding birds
Thanks to the Agri-Solar concept, which allows dual land use, the agricultural status of
the land is maintained
SUNfarming Agri-Solar concept according to „DIN SPEC 91434“ Agri-PV Standard
• SUNfarming bifacial glass-glass modules for > 1.000 kWp / ha

higher light transmittance
• Special substructure with rainwater

distribution under the modules, improving
available soil moisture for the plantings
• The minimum height allows the cultivation of a

wide range of vegetable varieties in total
comfort
• Frost, hail and heavy rain protection as well

as partial shading for plants and animals
• Small tractors and other machines can still

operate (3m width).
• Electricity yield is close to traditional free-field

photovoltaic systems, achieving good
profitability in terms of electricity production
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The rainwater management system ensures a homogeneous distribution along the
modules, prevents soil erosion and offers the possibility of water storage
SUNfarming rainwater distribution system
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The wide distribution of water together with natural light increases the photosynthetic
performance and thus promotes plant growth among the modules
SUNfarming rainwater distribution system
higher vegetation underneath the modules lower vegetation between the module rows due to
stronger sunlight, causing a reduced soil humidity
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Year-round outdoor housing for cattle, suckler cows, calves and poultry providing
weather and predator protection
SUNfarming Agri-Solar “animal welfare facilities”
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The structures offer additional crop protection. Rainwater distribution can be combined
with high-efficiency drip irrigation.
SUNfarming Agri-Solar: horticultural production
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PV modules serve as climate protection elements, while allowing the growth of
pastures. It is possible to compartmentalize spaces by taking advantage of the
structures themselves, without the need for extra fencing.
SUNfarming Agri-Solar: cattle farming
The space created under the structures can easily be converted into a chicken coop by
adding a few extra elements and fencing off the sides.
SUNfarming Agri-Solar: poultry farming
Synergy effects are created in fruit growing through partial shading and weather
protection, increasing yields
SUNfarming Umbrella concept for fruit trees cultivation
• Use of SUNfarming bifacial glass- X

glass modules in south and east-west
orientation
• light plates can be added to further

increase light transmittance, if
required
• Frost, hail and heavy rain protection

and partial shading for plants
• Applicable to various row crops e. g.

pome fruit, stone fruit, berries, wine
and other woody plants
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Net performance at x = 3,5 m row spacing =
MWp/ha MWp/ha MWp/ha MWp/ha
A roof over fruit and wine provides frost, hail and heavy rain protection and thus
protects against crop losses with additional solar power yield
SUNfarming agri-solar for fruit cultivation “SUNfarming Umbrella”
All SUNfarming concepts are being continuously developed at our own research and
development center in Rathenow, near Berlin
SUNfarming Research Center Rathenow
• All SUNfarming Agri-, Eco- and Moor-Solar as well as carports and roof systems are continuously tested
• More than 20 different crops are simultaneously grown under the agri-solar systems and three different
animal species are kept all year round
• Research projects with partners in different areas, including crop cultivation, agri-robotics and aquaponic
systems
SUNfarming also develops innovative special photovoltaic solutions
SUNfarming floating-solar
• The SUNfarming Floating Solar concept is ideally suited for artificial water reservoirs, lakes and peatland and
also for marshes
• It enables the generation of green electricity in harmony with the water ecology while reducing water
evaporation.
• In North-Rhine-Westphalia, a 780kWp system is currently being installed on a gravel lake.
Agri-solar experimental facilities are developed and implemented for research partners
of SUNfarming
Research facility Alt-Morschenich
• Agri-Solar experimental facility for the Jülich Research Center and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy
Systems (ISE) as part of the structural change initiative “Bioeconomy REVIER”
SUNfarming Food & Energy Training & Medicinal Herbs Research Center
in operation since 2017 - Potchefstroom, South Africa
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SUNfarming Food & Energy Hybrid Center
implemented in 2018 – Nassau, The Bahamas.
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SUNfarming Food & Energy Hybrid Center
after hurricane Dorian – Nassau, The Bahamas.
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implemented in December 2019 – Santiago de los Caballeros, Dom. Rep.
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implemented in December 2019 – Santiago de los Caballeros, Dom. Rep.
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SUNfarming Food & Energy & Medicinal Herbs Research Center August 2020
in Rathenow, Germany
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SUNfarming Food & Energy & Medicinal Herbs Research Center August 2020
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SUNfarming Food & Energy & Medicinal Herbs Research Center
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SUNfarming Cattle & Energy Research Center
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SUNfarming Medicinal Herbs & Wild Chicken
in Wittenberg, Germany
SUNfarming Food & Energy Training Center – Vegetables / Medicinal Herbs / Chicken –
Refugee Camp in Cevdetiye, Osmaniye Turkey - 2020
Refugee Camp in Cevdetiye, Osmaniye Turkey
Horticultural Trainings at the SUNfarming Food & Energy Training Center
PV Trainings at the SUNfarming Food & Energy Training Center
SUNfarming Food & Energy Center – Madagascar
SUNfarming Food & Energy Center– Madagascar
SUNfarming Food & Energy Center– Mauritius

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SUNfarming Agri-Solar Concept

End-to-End Capabilities Achievements Proven Senior Management Team

✓ SUNfarming’s agile, entrepreneurial

Project Financing and PPA 4 GWp ✓ Experienced team of employees with

Ghana Kenya Sri Lanka

Headquarters: Global presence:

Benefits for the biodiversity

• SUNfarming bifacial glass-glass modules for > 1.000 kWp / ha

• Special substructure with rainwater

• The minimum height allows the cultivation of a

• Frost, hail and heavy rain protection as well

• Small tractors and other machines can still

• Electricity yield is close to traditional free-field

• Use of SUNfarming bifacial glass- X

• light plates can be added to further

• Frost, hail and heavy rain protection

• Applicable to various row crops e. g.

approx. 1,27 approx. 1,27 approx. 0,93 approx. 0,74

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