Key Takeaways
- feld.energy has secured a €10 million seed round to scale its Agri-PV technology.
- The round was led by HV Capital, with participation from Future Energy Ventures, AENU, and Angel Invest.
- Agri-PV enables farmland to produce food and solar energy simultaneously, offering farmers diversified income streams.
- Fraunhofer ISE estimates the technical potential of Agri-PV in Germany alone at 2,900 GW.
- Funding will support team expansion, solution scaling, and further integration of dual-use farmland.
feld.energy Funding and Investors
feld.energy announced the close of a €10 million seed funding round aimed at expanding its agricultural photovoltaics (Agri-PV) platform. The round was led by HV Capital, with additional participation from Future Energy Ventures, AENU, and Angel Invest.
Adrian Renner, CEO of feld.energy, said: “Farming and renewable energy can complement each other — creating lasting value and resilience for agriculture and the climate.”
Agri-PV and Its Potential
Agri-PV allows farmland to remain in agricultural use while generating solar power. The model provides farmers with additional income opportunities and helps stabilize crop yields under changing climate conditions.
According to Fraunhofer ISE, Germany alone has a technical capacity potential of 2,900 GW for Agri-PV. Under feld.energy’s lease model, farmers can earn more than €100,000 over 20 years while reducing exposure to climate risks.
Jan Palasinski, Partner at Future Energy Ventures, commented: “Agri-PV is rapidly trending because it brilliantly addresses the growing land competition for food and energy production, offering win-win solutions for farmers through diversified income and enhanced crop resilience, all while driving the green energy transition forward. We believe that feld.energy’s exceptional founders are the ones who will bring Agri-PV from niche to mainstream.”
Strategic Goals and Next Steps For feld.energy
The company stated that the new funding will be used to expand its team, scale deployment, and advance its goal of making dual-use farmland a standard practice in agriculture.
feld.energy emphasized that Agri-PV contributes both to the green energy transition and to the economic resilience of farms, combining agricultural production with renewable energy generation on the same land.
