While agrivoltaics is taking shape in China, Europe and Japan, it is still in its infancy in Southern Africa with the potential to improve water and energy security. In South Africa, agrivoltaics could leverage the need for renewable energy and intensive commercial farming for the rehabilitation of damaged land and polluted water in Mpumalanga, to provide industrial, agricultural and potable water, food, quality jobs and energy in a sustainable, circular economy for local communities.
