Intelligent agrivoltaic systems

Turn farm shade into food, energy and value.

SunCube designs and integrates agrivoltaic systems around the needs of each crop, local climate, and farm—turning passive shade into productive infrastructure.

Farmer holding fresh produce inside a SunCube agrivoltaic greenhouse with integrated solar panels
01 / ENERGY
02 / CROP
03 / INTELLIGENCE
System objective Balanced performance
Energy    Crop    Climate

Energy

Generate clean electricity from agricultural infrastructure.

Agriculture

Optimize light, shade, and growing conditions.

Intelligence

Enable monitoring, automation, and data-driven farming.

Layer 1Solar–Crop Infrastructure

Build the solar–crop system around what the crop needs.

SunCube designs crop-responsive agrivoltaic infrastructure that combines useful PV shading, light optimization and farm integration.

SunCube solar-crop infrastructure combining a photovoltaic greenhouse and elevated solar shading over open-field crops
Solar infrastructure designed for crops first.

What we deliver today

  1. 01

    PV shading designed around crop and climate needs

  2. 02

    Crop-light optimization for healthier growing conditions

  3. 03

    Integration with greenhouses and open-field farm systems

Explore our systems

Foundation todayReduce heat stress, manage light and improve farm energy efficiency.

Why SunCube

Shade is essential.
It should also be productive.

SunCube agrivoltaic greenhouse increasing both electricity and vegetation yield

Every square meter of agricultural surface can do more.

Farms already invest in shade to protect crops from heat and harsh sunlight. Traditional shade nets remain a passive cost, while conventional full-cover solar can deprive plants of the light they need.

SunCube is not a solar panel manufacturer. We are the agrivoltaic architect and system integrator that finds the right balance between crop performance, energy generation, and farm conditions.

Traditional shadeProtection only
SunCube systemProtection + power + data

Solutions

From insight to intelligent infrastructure.

We start with the farm, not the panel.

01

Agri-PV Design Intelligence

Crop–light–energy simulation, site assessment, and an optimal PV arrangement tailored to each farm.

  • Crop and climate analysis
  • PV layout optimization
  • Feasibility and yield modelling
03

Farm Intelligence

A progressive monitoring layer for understanding microclimate, energy, and operational performance after deployment.

  • Microclimate monitoring
  • Energy performance
  • Automation roadmap

Built for real farms

One system. Multiple growing environments.

01

Greenhouse farms

For high-value crops and energy-intensive controlled environments.

02

Ornamental nurseries

For shade-sensitive plants where protection is already essential.

03

Rooftop & community farms

For productive urban surfaces that generate food and power.

Our technology

Finding the balance between sunlight and shade.

SunCube Design Intelligence evaluates crop needs, local climate, and farm conditions to optimize PV layout, density, orientation, and height.

Explore a feasibility study
CropClimateFarm
SunCube
Design
Intelligence
Better growing conditionsClean energyLong-term intelligence

How we create value

Design first. Deploy with partners. Optimize over time.

SunCube starts with a paid feasibility and design engagement, then scales validated projects through trusted PV and agricultural infrastructure partners.

01

Design

Assess the site, model crop and climate needs, and define the right PV layout and microclimate strategy.

Current core
02

Integrate

Coordinate structures, solar components, irrigation, sensors, installation, and commissioning with delivery partners.

Deployment
03

Optimize

Add monitoring, operations insight, and energy optimization as the farm’s intelligent infrastructure matures.

Recurring services

Featured project

From design intelligence to farm-scale validation.

A signed paid pilot assessing optimized agrivoltaic design across an existing greenhouse and more than ten crop types.

Project details reflect the current pilot scope and are not generalized performance claims.
3,060m² existing greenhouse
10+crop types assessed
Signedpaid pilot validation

Validate with farms. Scale through partners.

FARMSPV EPCGREENHOUSE BUILDERSRESEARCHAGRI-INFRASTRUCTURE

Our team

Built by people who connect agriculture, energy and technology.

Incubated through Singapore’s National GRIP programme, SunCube brings together expertise across agrivoltaics, photovoltaics, the built environment, AI, IoT, software and commercialization.

Core team

TING Shi An
Brings a NUS Built Environment PhD and over five years of academia–industry photovoltaic research.

Technical Director

TING Shi An

PV expert connecting research with real-world system delivery.

YUE Jiaming
NUS PhD and solar energy researcher specializing in advanced photovoltaic technologies.

PV Technology Director

YUE Jiaming

Solar energy researcher with expertise in advanced photovoltaic technologies.

MO Zhihui
Bridges SunCube’s technical team and its customers—turning complex agrivoltaic concepts into clear, practical language for real farm decisions.

Marketing · Branding Lead

MO Zhihui

Translates complex technology into clear, practical language—helping customers understand how it works, why it matters, and the value it brings to their farms.

Jonald KHAW
Connects sensing, monitoring and software into an intuitive experience for future intelligent farm operations.

IoT · Software Designer

Jonald KHAW

Designs connected tools for smarter farm operations.

ZHANG Ziyuan
Brings hands-on horticulture and farming experience to crop planning, ornamental cultivation and practical growing decisions.

Gardening Director

ZHANG Ziyuan

Experienced horticulture and farming expert supporting crop and ornamental plant cultivation.

Principal investigator & advisors

Prof. ANG Yu Qian

Principal Investigator

Prof. ANG Yu Qian

NUS Assistant Professor and Presidential Young Professor; AI urban and building scientist with experience across NUS, MIT and Harvard GSD.

Prof. WONG Nyuk Hien

Advisor

Prof. WONG Nyuk Hien

NUS Professor and Vice Dean of the College of Design and Engineering, advising the team on the built environment and sustainable systems.

Prof. Stephen TAY En Rong

Advisor

Prof. Stephen TAY En Rong

NUS Associate Professor in the Department of the Built Environment, advising SunCube’s technology and research development.

Biographies and institutional titles should be confirmed by each member before public release.

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National University of Singapore
Singapore 117566

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