agrivoltaicsn.
/ˌaɡrɪvɒlˈteɪɪks/, U.S. /ˌæɡrəˌvɑlˈteɪɪks/, /ˌæɡrəˌvoʊlˈteɪɪks/ The simultaneous use of an area of land for farming and for electricity generation using photovoltaic solar panels; a system or technology that enables this.
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2011 Stock Jrnl. (Adelaide) 22 Sept. 14/5 The food-or-energy debate about using valuable farmland has a new spin: agrivoltaics.
2018 Relations: beyond Anthropocentrism (online journal, accessed 23 June 2022) 6 i. 94 For agrivoltaics, modified panel height and spacing can support sun-loving and shade-tolerant crops or allow conservation grazing by sheep, goats, poultry, and cattle.
2022 M. Trommsdorff et al. in S. Gorjian & P. E. Campana Solar Energy Advancem. in Agric. & Food v. 160 In 2021, agrivoltaics emerged as a market-ready technology with a globally installed capacity of more than 14 GWp. In most subtropical and semiarid regions, however, agrivoltaics remains widely unknown.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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