Apple orchard for the future

Flat landscape at the bottom of the river Adige valley. The agriculture is intensive fruticulture and vineyards with low biodiversity. 

Technical info

Localization

46°20’38.94’’N; 11°16’40.82’’E;

Province of South Tyrol, Municipality of Ora-Auer, Italy

Cultivation typology

Apple trees, Ipador variety, N-S orientation, Guyot height 3/3.5 m, interrow 2.5 m

Sustainable agriculture

Water collected by the tracking system will be conveyed to avoid issues to the plants below

Photovoltaic system

Multifunctional trackers developed by Convert;

240 PV modules size: 1752 X 1144 X 40 mm, the height of the rotation axis is at 4.7 m, the space Interpoles (Span) is 6 m, Space between rows (Pitch) is 6,4 m and 5.0 m

Installed capacity

72.4 kW

Monitoring system

Air and soil humidity and temperature, PARs, wind speed and direction, rain, irrigation water, anti-ice and anti-hail systems

Electricity use

It will create the conditions to electrify water pumps for irrigation to create an infrastructure for the charging of electrical tools

The local landscape