Agrivoltaics in France: the multi-level and uncertain regulation of an energy decarbonisation policy

Summary This article examines the political dynamics of regulating decarbonised energy such as agrivoltaics and questions the intersectoral logics inherent in this energy. It examines the political dynamics of multi-level and multi-sector regulation of decarbonised energy such as agrivoltaics betwee...

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Published in:Review of agricultural, food and environmental studies food and environmental studies, 2024-08, Vol.105 (1), p.45-71
Main Authors: Hrabanski, Marie, Verdeil, Sidonie, Ducastel, Antoine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agrarian structures
Agricultural development
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Agrivoltaics
Common Agricultural Policy
Decarbonization
Economics
Economics and Finance
Energy
Energy industry
Energy policy
Energy transition
Environmental Economics
Environmental Sciences
Farmers
Farms
Nuclear power plants
Politics
Public policy
Questions
Regulation
Renewable resources
Research Article
Social sciences
Tariffs
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Summary:Summary This article examines the political dynamics of regulating decarbonised energy such as agrivoltaics and questions the intersectoral logics inherent in this energy. It examines the political dynamics of multi-level and multi-sector regulation of decarbonised energy such as agrivoltaics between the local and national levels and between the agricultural and energy sectors. It hypothesises that the political dynamics of agrivoltaics regulation are first and foremost multi-level: The national framework for agrivoltaics regulation is based on incentive instruments, in which the state attempts to develop a market to achieve its decarbonisation policy objectives via guaranteed feed-in tariffs, and also on an imprecise regulatory framework. At the same time, the regulation of agrivoltaic projects is a prerogative of the local level, paving the way for the development of diversified projects. Agrivoltaics also raises the question of the encounter between two historically well-established areas of public policy: energy decarbonisation policies and agrivoltaics. These strongly mobilise agriculture and farmers and call into question the traditional balances, institutions and sectoral divisions between the energy and agriculture sectors and their players.
ISSN:2425-6870
2425-6897
DOI:10.1007/s41130-024-00204-1