Device for forming a canopy

An agricultural canopy system such as a canopy system for arable crops, fruit and/or vegetables, for forming a canopy over an outdoor region, such as cultivation areas for arable crops or agricultural crops, or other commercially exploited areas, comprising a panel element and a supporting arrangement with supports, wherein the supporting arrangement can be anchored on a ground area of the region, and wherein the panel element which is supported by the supporting arrangement serves to form a flat protective canopy above the region, wherein a portion of the panel element extends along a ridge region of the protective canopy, wherein the supports which are spaced apart from one another extend in the vertical direction from below from the ground area as far as into the ridge region, wherein, in the ridge region, a ridge element, elongate transversely with respect to the vertical, of the supporting arrangement is present in the ridge region offset vertically with respect to the ground area, wherein a solar cell module is provided which is connected to the panel element, with the result that light energy can be converted into electrical energy in the case of the irradiation of light onto the solar cell module, wherein the solar cell module is present in a region of the agricultural canopy system which is adjacent with respect to the ridge element of the ridge region, wherein the panel element has a first panel element portion which is present adjacently with respect to the ridge element and extends in the longitudinal direction of the ridge element, wherein the panel element comprises a second panel element portion which is present adjacently with respect to the first panel element portion, on a side of the first panel element portion which faces away from the ridge element, wherein the solar cell module is present on an outer side of the first panel element portion, wherein the solar cell module is present adjacently with respect to the ridge element in a strip of the panel element which runs parallel to the ridge element, wherein the second panel element portion has a multiple width of the width of the first panel element portion, wherein the panel element can be rolled up and unrolled, for example, in a flexible manner, wherein quick action closure mechanisms are provided comprising a zipper mechanism with a zipper unit, in order to arrange a solar cell module on the panel element releasably by way of the zipper mechanism.