HarvRESt project

Great to see how on‑farm renewable energy solutions are being demonstrated in practice. This visit to Viñas del Vero shows the value of peer‑to‑peer exchange, where farmers can learn directly from real experiences in the field ...... and also great to see the initiative gaining wider visibility through regional television coverage.

We are pleased to see the HarvRESt project featured during the EERA JP-ESI Spring Meeting 2026 at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). A special thank you to our project partner NORCE Research for presenting HarvRESt and contributing to the important discussions on resilience, preparedness and Europe’s energy transition.

Integration of Renewable Energy Sources (#RES) on farms offers many benefits ♻💰🌍   However, deciding how best to integrate green energy on a farm is not without its challenges. The decision is very complex with many factors to consider. To support the uptake and upscaling of RES production on farms HarvRESt project is among others working on developing:   𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 (𝐀𝐕𝐏𝐏) Capable of running diverse scenarios and farm configurations. The tool will determine the best operational procedures for a given RES solution.   𝐀 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 (𝐃𝐒𝐒) To make recommendations of the best RES integration solutions & operation procedures for optimized production based on data from the AVPP.   🔗Learn more on www.harvrest.eu

Renewable energy is becoming an increasingly important part of building a more resilient and competitive agricultural sector across Europe. The HavrRESt project coordinator CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico is organising a technical training session exploring practical solutions such as agrivoltaics, hybrid renewable systems and digital tools to support informed decision-making on farms. Learn more and register here 👇👇

🌱 How can EU policy better support renewable energy on farms? HarvRESt is hosting two interactive Policy Labs bringing together policymakers, experts, and stakeholders to explore policy pathways for climate‑neutral farming and renewable energy integration at farm level.   📅 21 May  (10:00–12:30 CET) Policy Lab 3: Pathways to the Vision 📅 11 June (10:00–12:30 CET) Policy Lab 4 - Roadmap for 2025-2035 The Policy Labs will provide a space for dialogue on regulatory frameworks, enabling conditions, and practical policy recommendations grounded in real farming contexts and project insights.   Participation is open to policymakers, public authorities, industry representatives, and research and innovation actors interested in shaping supportive policy environments for the agri‑energy transition.   Register here 👉 https://shorturl.at/Euw6t   #HarvRESt  #RenewableEnergy #Agriculture

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? On 26 March 2026, the HarvRESt project convened its second Visioning Policy Lab, bringing together policymakers, territorial authorities, researchers, and practitioners from across Europe. Held online, this participatory workshop focused on a central challenge for Europe’s green transition: how policy can enable the sustainable integration of renewable energy sources (RES) into agro-farming in Europe. Building on the outcomes of the first Policy Lab held in December in Brussels, this second session refined a shared vision for 2035, moving beyond innovation pilots to explore the policy conditions, governance models, and business frameworks required for systemic change. 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⚡ Discussions throughout the Lab converged into four interconnected pillars that participants identified as essential for policy progress: ▪️Policy making: Coherent, integrated, and territorially adapted frameworks. ▪️Viable business models: Economically sustainable farming supported by stable financial mechanisms. ▪️Cooperation across stakeholders: Trust based collaboration across sectors and governance levels. ▪️Local ownership: Community control and agency over energy and food systems. Together, these pillars reflect a shift from sector specific instruments toward integrated, place-based policy design.  Learn more here 👉 https://shorturl.at/FAbTC 👈 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 After the visioning sessions, two more steps will help the HarvRESt project build a policy roadmap for RES in farming: 👉Pathways to innovate: 📅21 May 👉Roadmap for 2025-2035: 📅11 June Building on these insights, industry actors, policymakers, territorial authorities and researchers are invited to co-build and map pathways for innovation in this field (21 May). These workshops will be consolidated into a final workshop (11 June) to define a roadmap for policy building in Europe. We hope you will join us! Register here 🔗 https://shorturl.at/ftL0v #HarvRESt #RenewableEnergy #Agriculture

🤔𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 – 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲? HarvRESt has just completed an important report exploring how hybrid renewable energy systems perform under real agricultural conditions across Europe. Rather than relying on generic assumptions, the analysis is grounded in two very different farm contexts: ▪️a large irrigated vineyard in Spain, where electricity demand is highly seasonal, and ▪️a livestock and processing farm in Norway, with more stable, year‑round energy needs. By analysing these contrasting cases side by side, the work sheds light on some often overlooked trade‑offs between technical ambition, economic performance and existing farm infrastructure. Get the conclusions from the report here 👉 https://shorturl.at/bEfsh 👈 #HarvRESt #RenewableEnergy #agriculture

Interesting event coming up in Greece on 4 May, with focus on agrivoltaics ☀️ Learn more here👇

📬 New HarvRESt newsletter released From renewable energy on farms to collaboration across Europe, our latest newsletter highlights how the HarvRESt project is contributing to climate-neutral agriculture. ➡️ Read the full newsletter here👇👇 #HarvRESt #HorizonEurope #RenewableEnergy

Happening next week 👇🏻