[IEEE CSS Italy Chapter Seminar Series @ Poliba – Fall 2025] Optimal Control in Agrivoltaics: Balancing Energy Generation and Crops’ Shadowing - Dr. Nicola MIGNONI, Polytechnic of Bari
📢 IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Italy Chapter is pleased to announce a series of research seminars aimed at disseminating cutting-edge control research within the Italian academic and industrial communities.
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Optimal Control in Agrivoltaics: Balancing Energy Generation and Crops’ Shadowing
Dr. Nicola MIGNONI Department of Electrical and Information Engineering (DEI), Polytechnic of Bari |
Abstract:
Agrivoltaic technology—combining agriculture with photovoltaic energy generation—enables land to produce both food and electricity. However, solar modules can reduce sunlight for crops, affecting yields. This talk introduces a novel optimization-based framework that dynamically balances crop light exposure and power generation. The method reformulates the complex interaction between plants and panels into a convex mixed-integer optimization model with guaranteed approximation accuracy and improved computational scalability Using real-world data from an agrivoltaic site in Southern Italy, we demonstrate how this approach can enhance both agricultural productivity and renewable energy efficiency, paving the way for smarter, data-driven agrivoltaic systems.
Speaker short bio:
Nicola Mignoni received the Bachelor’s (Hons.) and Master’s (Hons.) Degree in Management Engineering in July 2019 and July 2021, respectively, and the Ph.D. in Automatic Control (Hons., Doctor Europaeus) in March 2025, from Polytechnic of Bari (Italy). He is currently a Research Fellow in Systems and Control Engineering at the same university. His research interests include optimization, game theory, and multi-agent systems, with application to the control of sustainable energy communities. In 2024, Dr. Mignoni was a visiting Ph.D. student at TU Delft, the Netherlands, and at UPC Barcelona, Spain. He is the recipient of the 2025 IFAC TC 6.3 Young Author Publication Award on Optimization and Control of Power and Energy Systems.
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- Via Re David 200
- Bari, Puglia
- Italy 70126
- Building: Department of Electrical and Information Engineering (DEI)
- Room Number: Sala Consiliare
Agenda
🗓 December 3, 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00
📍 Polytechnic of Bari, Sala Consiliare DEI
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