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Assessment of the Ecological Niche of Photovoltaic Agriculture in China

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  • Lingjun Wang

    (College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
    Nanjing University of Science & Technology Zijin College, Nanjing 210023, China)

  • Ying Wang

    (College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China)

  • Jian Chen

    (College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
    College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

Abstract

To evaluate the ecological niche of photovoltaic agriculture in China, an evaluation index system was constructed. Based on the presentation form of interval numbers, we used the interval entropy weight method and interval cloud model to measure the niche state value and niche role value of photovoltaic agriculture. In this way, we determined the development trend of the ecological niche of photovoltaic agriculture. The results show that Chinese photovoltaic agriculture is in a good state and plays a good, but weak, role. The ecological niche of China’s photovoltaic agriculture will undergo a four-stage evolution process: positioning, integration, leap, and symbiosis. China has completed the positioning stage and entered the integration stage. Hence, it is important to constantly improve the level of industrial integration technology and to form a new photovoltaic agriculture recycling economic ecosystem.

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  • Lingjun Wang & Ying Wang & Jian Chen, 2019. "Assessment of the Ecological Niche of Photovoltaic Agriculture in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-17, April.
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