Sola
pa els
a e
see
atop
of
the
vi eya d
of
wi emake
PC:
Alexa d e
Mi guez
A
cog ac
g owe
i
weste
F a ce
has
volu ta ily
give
up
the
ight
to
call
his
wi e
cog ac,
all
so
he
could
build
a
sola
ca opy
ove
his
vi eya d.
David
Mo eau
pla ted
fou
hecta es
of
ug i
bla c
g apes
at
Sai t-A d é-de-Lido ,
ea
Sai tes,
a d
cove ed
them
with
6,000
sola
pa els
held
five
met es
above
the
vi es.
The
pa els
tilt
th ough
the
day
to
bala ce
shade
a d
su light,
a d
lie
completely
flat
whe
hail
st ikes,
fo mi g
a
ha d
shield
ove
the
f uit.
The
p oject
cost
a ou d
fou
millio
eu os
to
build,
yet
Mo eau
ea s
just
600
eu os
a
yea
i
elect icity
e t
f om
it.
He
will
ot
k ow
if
the
gamble
paid
off
u til
his
fi st
ha vest
u de
the
system
i
2029.
Why
a
cog ac
g owe
gave
up
his
wi e
label
fo
sola
pa els
Why
a
cog ac
g owe
gave
up
his
wi e
label
fo
sola
pa els
F e ch
wi e
ules
a e
st ict
about
what
happe s
above
a
vi eya d
as
much
as
what
happe s
i
the
soil.
A
egulatio
dati g
back
to
2002
ba s
a y
oof
o
cove i g
ove
vi eya ds
that
ca y
a
AOC
o
IGP
desig atio ,
the
geog aphical
labels
that
apply
to
oughly
95
pe
ce t
of
eve ythi g
F a ce
bottles.
Mo eau’s
sola
a ay
falls
foul
of
that
ule,
so
whateve
wi e
comes
off
his
fou
hecta es
will
be
sold
without
the
cog ac
desig atio .
He
accepted
that
t ade
because
his
eal
e emy
is
a
heat
p oblem
called
echaudage,
the
sco chi g
of
g apes
o
the
vi e
du i g
a
summe
spike,
which
costs
him
5
to
10
pe
ce t
of
his
ha vest
most
yea s.
How
the
sola
ca opy
p otects
vi es
f om
hail
a d
f ost
How
the
sola
ca opy
p otects
vi es
f om
hail
a d
f ost
The
ha dwa e
was
built
by
Su ‘Ag i,
the
ag ivoltaic
a m
of
the
F e ch
co st uctio
g oup
Eiffage,
a d
it
u s
o
softwa e
that
eads
pla t
g owth
models
a d
o -site
weathe
se so s
to
decide
how
the
pa els
should
tilt.
Whe
hail
app oaches,
the
a ay
folds
flat,
a d
Mo eau
has
told
the
F e ch
ews
age cy
AFP
that
this
saves
70
to
80
pe
ce t
of
his
vi es
du i g
a
sto m.
The
same
flat
positio
also
t aps
a
laye
of
wa m
ai
ea
the
g ou d
o
cold
ights,
cutti g
f ost
isk
by
a ou d
90
pe
ce t
acco di g
to
the
g owe .
Su ‘Ag i’s
published
fi di gs
o
vi e
g owi g
desc ibe
a
oughly
2-deg ee
Celsius
buffe
du i g
ea -f eezi g
co ditio s
a d
up
to
5-deg ee
cooli g
u de
the
pa els
du i g
heat
spikes,
umbe s
that
come
f om
the
compa y
u i g
the
tech ology
athe
tha
a
outside
audit.
What
the
data
f om
othe
Su ‘Ag i
vi eya ds
shows
What
the
data
f om
othe
Su ‘Ag i
vi eya ds
shows
Mo eau
is
ot
the
fi st
to
t y
this.
At
Domai e
de
Nidolè es
i
the
Py é ées
O ie tales,
g owe s
have
u
a
Su ‘Ag i
a ay
si ce
2018
alo gside
a
u cove ed
co t ol
plot,
givi g
the
p oject
seve al
yea s
of
compa ative
data.
Su ‘Ag i’s
ow
esea ch
o
vi e
g owi g
epo ts
yield
gai s
betwee
20
a d
60
pe
ce t
u de
the
pa els
depe di g
o
the
g ape
va iety,
alo g
with
a
d op
i
i igatio
dema d
of
20
to
70
pe
ce t.
The
compa y
sells
these
systems
a d
also
collects
the
figu es,
so
the
esults
dese ve
some
cautio ,
but
the
p ese ce
of
a
co t ol
plot
a d
multiple
g owi g
seaso s
makes
this
o e
of
the
mo e
tested
ag ivoltaic
p ojects
i
F e ch
wi e
cou t y.
Why
F e ch
wi e
egulatio s
a e
divided
ove
ag ivoltaics
Why
F e ch
wi e
egulatio s
a e
divided
ove
ag ivoltaics
The
egulato y
pictu e
i
F a ce
is
fa
f om
settled.
Ch istia
Paly,
who
heads
the
wi es
a d
spi its
committee
at
the
I stitut
Natio al
de
l’O igi e
et
de
la
Qualité,
has
said
the
cove i g
ba
ca
be
waived
fo
esea ch
pu poses,
which
is
how
pilot
vi eya ds
like
Mo eau’s
a e
allowed
to
exist
at
all.
The
INAO
has
ack owledged
i te ally
that
sola
cove i g
ca
th eate
the
la dscape
a d
ide tity
tied
to
p otected
wi e
egio s
eve
as
it
explo es
how
the
tech ology
might
fit
futu e
climate
st ategy.
Some
appellatio s
have
al eady
uled
agai st
it.
Côtes
du
Rhô e
w ote
a
ba
o
ag ivoltaics
i to
its
ow
specificatio s
last
yea ,
citi g
damage
to
the
visual
cha acte
of
its
vi eya ds.
The
cog ac
t ade
body
has
yet
to
take
a
fo mal
positio
a d
is
waiti g
o
fu the
assessme ts
of
the
la dscape,
eco omic
a d
quality
impact
befo e
decidi g.
How
Ame ica
vi eya ds
ca
use
sola
pa els
without
losi g
thei
label
How
Ame ica
vi eya ds
ca
use
sola
pa els
without
losi g
thei
label
The
ules
a e
diffe e t
ac oss
the
Atla tic,
which
is
what
makes
this
sto y
eleva t
well
beyo d
F a ce.
A
Ame ica
Viticultu al
A ea
is
defi ed
pu ely
as
a
mapped
g owi g
egio ,
a d
the
Alcohol
a d
Tobacco
Tax
a d
T ade
Bu eau
equi es
o ly
that
at
least
85
pe
ce t
of
the
g apes
i
a
labelled
wi e
come
f om
withi
that
bou da y.
Nothi g
i
the
egulatio
est icts
how
the
vi es
a e
t ai ed,
i igated
o
shaded
f om
above,
so
a
vi eya d
i
Napa
could
be
cove ed
i
sola
glass
a d
still
legally
ca y
the
Napa
ame.
Ame ica
g owe s
a e
al eady
testi g
the
idea.
Colo ado
State
U ive sity
u s
a
sola
ca opy
ove
a
matu e
vi eya d
at
its
Weste
Colo ado
Resea ch
Ce t e,
a d
the
Colo ado
Depa tme t
of
Ag icultu e
has
flagged
f ost
p otectio ,
wate
ete tio
a d
hail
esista ce
as
the
mai
questio s
esea che s
the e
a e
t yi g
to
a swe .Eve
so,
the
eco omics
o ly
make
se se
i
places
al eady
losi g
c ops
to
heat,
hail
o
f ost
most
yea s.
The
U ited
States
Depa tme t
of
Ag icultu e’s
ow
figu es
show
Califo ia’s
wi e
g ape
ac eage
falli g
f om
610,000
ac es
i
2023
to
540,000
ac es
i
2025,
a
decli e
d ive
by
ove supply
athe
tha
damage,
which
mea s
a
costly
sola
ca opy
is
a
ha d
sell
fo
g owe s
who
a e
ot
al eady
fighti g
ext eme
weathe .
Fo
a
g owe
like
Mo eau,
i
a
egio
whe e
heat
a d
hail
al eady
w ite
off
a
te th
of
the
ha vest,
givi g
up
a
label
may
be
a
smalle
loss
tha
losi g
the
c op
itself.
