Project Description
Project name: Microclimate Impacts of SOLar farms (MISOL)
Funded by: Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Project overview: Solar photovoltaic farms are being rapidly built worldwide at an unprecedented pace in order to meet the global demand and achieve net-zero targets.
Large farms, say of 50 MW or more, extend over 150 ha (1.5 km2 or approx. 100 football pitches). With the deployment of thousands of solar panels in such vast land surface, the terrain’s properties will be altered, such as albedo (sunlight reflectance) or vegetation index, potentially generating changes in land-atmosphere processes. These can lead to impacts to the microclimate, such as variation in humidity or land-surface temperature, when compared to the surrounding (unchanged) area. This project aims to study these impacts on the microclimate quantified over time derived from long-term studies.
Starting: 01/04/2025
Ending: 31/03/2027
More details: Use case about MISOL project published in Revista Díxitos | Issue: october 2025 (download PDF)