Sustainable Energy Systems agrivoltaics research

Publications

Brent A, Iorns C, Brent AC, 2025. Consenting and developing solar farms in Aotearoa New Zealand: Challenges and way forward. Resource Management Journal, September, doi: 10.25455/wgtn.30196486.

Dhlamini MM, Brent AC, 2025. The impact of fixed-tilt PV arrays on vegetation growth through ground sunlight distribution at a solar farm in Aotearoa New Zealand. Energies, 18(20), 5412, doi:10.3390/en18205412.

Akintunde O, Brent AC, 2025. The impact of agrivoltaics on water use efficiency and alfalfa biomass growth. AgriVoltaics, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Nguyen LV, Brent AC, 2025. The potential of agrivoltaics in the Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam: A GIS analysis. AgriVoltaics, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Vaughan A, Brent AC, 2024. Agrivoltaics for small ruminants: A review. Small Ruminant Research 241, 107393, doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2024.107393.

Brent AC, 2024. Agrivoltaic systems for Aotearoa New Zealand. International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources 33 (1), 556357, doi:10.19080/IJESNR.2024.33.556357.

Pincelli IP, Hinkley J, Brent AC, 2024. Carbon, materials and energy footprint of a utility-scale solar plant in Aotearoa New Zealand. Solar Energy 273, 112535, doi:10.1016/j.solener.2024.112535.

Mohseni S, Brent AC, 2024. Operational dispatch optimization of an agrivoltaic system: A new method for optimizing dispatch strategies. AgriVoltaics, Dever, USA.

Pirela JC, Brent AC, 2024. Agricultural practices appropriate for agrivoltaics: Towards a customized guideline for Aotearoa New Zealand. AgriVoltaics, Dever, USA.

Mohseni S, Brent AC, 2023. Probabilistic sizing and scheduling co-optimisation of hybrid battery/super-capacitor energy storage systems in micro-grids. Journal of Energy Storage 73 (D), 109172, doi: 10.1016/j.est.2023.109172.

Brent AC, Crossland A, Ranusa D, 2023. An assessment of the economic feasibility of the floating PV technology in Aotearoa–New Zealand. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 57, 103284, doi: 10.1016/j.seta.2023.103284.

Mohseni S, Brent AC, 2023. Size and dispatch co-optimisation of a grid-connected agrivoltaic system. AgriVoltaics, Daegu, South Korea, doi: 10.52825/agripv.v2i.977.

Brent AC, Chapman N, de Kock IH, 2023. Agrivoltaic systems: Potential opportunities for South Africa - A GIS analysis. AgriVoltaics, Daegu, South Korea, doi: 10.52825/agripv.v2i.982.

Brent AC, Vaughan A, Fitzgerald M, Wright E, Kueppers J, 2023. Agrivoltaics: Integrating solar energy generation with livestock farming in the Canterbury Region of Aotearoa New Zealand. 9th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Engineering, Fiji, doi: 10.1109/i-COSTE60462.2023.10500779.

Mohseni S, Brent AC, 2022. A metaheuristic‐based micro‐grid sizing model with integrated arbitrage‐aware multi‐day battery dispatching. Sustainability 14, 12941, doi: 10.3390/su141912941.

MacKenzie D, Brent AC, Hinkley JT, Burmester D, 2022. AgriPV systems: Potential opportunities for Aotearoa–New Zealand. Agrivoltaics, Piacenza, Italy, doi:10.52825/agripv.v1i.600.