Plant for the production of electrical energy located on agricultural land with monitoring of crops on that land
Plant for the production of electrical energy comprising a support structure formed by support poles ( 2 ) aligned along a first axis (X) fixed to the ground, said structure being configured with a plurality of parallel rows (Fi) of such poles ( 2 ) with any orientation, resulting in the formation of a two-dimensional structure along said axis (X) and a second axis (Y) differently oriented with respect to the first, said structure being installed on an agricultural land (T), and the distance between the support poles, along both axes (X, Y) is such as to allow the passage and processing of the land by agricultural vehicles or vehicles. On said support structure and in particular on rows of poles being positioned devices for generating electrical energy and systems for the movement or orientation of such generating devices. The plant comprises means for controlling the growth of the crops underlying the plant.
1 . A plant for the production of electrical energy comprising:
a support structure comprising support poles aligned along a first axis fixed to the ground, said support structure further comprising a plurality of parallel rows of said support poles, such that the plurality of parallel rows of the support poles form a two-dimensional structure along said first axis and a second axis differently oriented with respect to the first axis,
wherein said support structure is adapted for installation on an agricultural land, and the support poles are spaced at a distance along both the first axis and the second axis,
wherein electricity generation devices are positioned on said support structure,
wherein said support structure comprises a plurality of movement systems configured to move or orient the electricity generation devices, the plurality of movement systems each further including an electronic processing unit adapted to determine an angle of a plurality of panels associated with the electricity generation devices, and
wherein the plant includes means to control the growth and state of the crops underlying the plant.
2 . The plant according to claim 1 , wherein said means for controlling growth include measuring devices adapted to measure at least one of a height, a density, and a water stress of the crops with respect to the ground.
3 . The plant according to claim 2 , wherein said measuring devices comprise a plurality of laser rangefinders associated with scanning devices configured to scan the rays emitted by said plurality of laser rangefinders in the direction of the ground, the plurality of laser rangefinders being arranged at a height and in a predetermined position with respect to the ground where the plant is installed and where the crops to be monitored are present.
4 . The plant according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the energy generated by the plant is used to power at least one of the plurality of laser rangefinders or the scanning devices.
5 . The plant according to claim 3 , wherein said scanning devices are associated with the movement system of the electricity generation devices which allows movement on the first axis and on the second axis, of each of the plurality of laser rangefinders.
6 . The plant according to claim 5 , wherein said plurality of panels of the electricity generation devices comprise photovoltaic panels.
7 . The plant according to claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of laser rangefinders is installed on a predetermined panel so that a laser of each of the plurality of laser rangefinders points downward towards the ground.
8 . The plant according to claim 7 , wherein the measuring devices are configured to obtain said measurements by making the plurality of panels move at night.
9 . The plant according to claim 1 , wherein said second axis is substantially orthogonal to the first axis.
10 . The plant according to claim 1 , wherein said means for controlling the growth comprise fluorescence devices adapted to measure the fluorescence emitted by the aforesaid crops.
11 . The plant according to claim 10 , wherein said fluorescence devices comprise at least one illumination source for the crops and at least one sensor for detecting the fluorescence emitted by the aforesaid crops.
12 . The plant according to claim 11 , wherein said at least one illumination source emits light radiations between 400 and 650 nm.
13 . The plant according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one illumination source comprises two illumination sources associated with the sides of a photovoltaic panel of the plant in a lighting direction which forms an angle with the ground which varies with respect to a distance of the two illumination sources from the ground.
14 . The plant according to claim 10 , wherein said fluorescence devices are associated with the plurality of panels.
15 . The plant according to claim 14 , wherein said fluorescence devices are associated with the plurality of movement systems for moving the plurality of panels.
16 . The plant according to claim 1 , wherein said means for controlling growth comprise shading devices for generating shading in a specific zone of the cultivated land.
17 . The plant according to claim 16 , wherein said means for controlling growth comprise temperature variation devices adapted to measure temperature variations in said specific zone, said temperature variation devices further comprising at least one temperature sensor, at least one sensor of radiation reflected from said zone, and at least one sensor of solar radiation.
18 . The plant according to claim 16 , wherein the shading devices comprise at least one movable shading plate.
19 . The plant according to claim 18 , wherein the shading devices are associated with one or more of the plurality of panels.
20 . The plant according to claim 19 , wherein said plate is associated with an edge of at least one of said plurality of panels and said plate is configured to slide between a pair of guides formed on the at least one panel and be moved by an actuator.
21 . The plant according to claim 20 , wherein a temperature sensor is positioned adjacent to the plate.
22 . The plant according to claim 1 , wherein said means for controlling the growth comprise measuring devices configured to measure at least one of a height, a density, and a water stress of the crops, fluorescence devices configured to measure the fluorescence of the crops, shading devices configured to generate shading in a specific area of the cultivated land, and temperature variation devices configured to measure temperature variations in that specific area.