Agrivoltaic for Noah’s Ark is an international design competition for an agrivoltaic system, comprising 1 MWp to 3 MWp, at the NeoruraleHub company (Cascina Darsena, Pavia) open to the participation of architects, landscape architects, agronomists, engineers, energy experts and artists. The winners will be given the professional assignment for the design of the work; the second classified project will be awarded a prize of 5 thousand euros made available by the Solarelit company, while the third classified project will be awarded a reimbursement of expenses of 3 thousand euros, made available by REM TEC.

The initiative is promoted by ENEA, the NeoruraleHub company, the National Institute of Architecture (IN/Arch), ETA Florence Renewable Energies and the Italian Association of Landscape Architecture (AIAPP). With the support of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Lombardy Region, Municipality of Giussago, National Council of architects, landscape architects and conservationists, Legambiente and SITdA Italian Society of Architectural Technology along with the media partnership of Archilovers and Archiportale.

The projects will be awarded on 27 September 2022 in Milan, during the event Photovoltaics | Forms Landscapes 2022 , on the occasion of the World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC8), led by ENEA and scheduled in the capital of Lombard on 26 – 30 September 2022.
This initiative is part of the National Sustainable Agricultural Network , coordinated by ENEA in collaboration with ETA Florence Renewable Energies and in the context to increase the sustainability, efficiency and reliability of photovoltaic technology.