Specifications of Photovoltaic Pumping Systems in Agriculture

Foreword

Giuseppe Marco Tina, Professor at the University of Catania, Italy

Nowadays photovoltaic (PV) systems, through their increasing flexibility and reliability in use, offer a unique and cost-effective solution to provide energy services to remote rural areas in the sectors of health care, education, communication, agriculture, lighting, and water supply. With the continuously and dramatically decreasing price of PV systems, growing experience is gained with the use of PV in agriculture and other productive activities, which can have a significant impact on rural development. However, there is still a lack of information on sizing and operating of such systems in common applications in the agriculture fields, such as, for instance, ...