Which renewable power supply is one of the best for the horticulture sector?

Inagro participates within the RE-Greenhouse venture, a European venture targeted on the transition to renewable power within the horticulture sector. This venture ought to assist greenhouse growers to develop into extra sustainable, but additionally to develop into extra unbiased and resilient to cost will increase brought on by geopolitical turmoil such because the battle in Ukraine.

There are 5 pilot installations in numerous nations, which examine and exhibit a promising renewable power expertise. The last word purpose is to develop a device that permits greenhouse growers to find out which renewable power supply is essentially the most appropriate one for his or her firm, each technically and economically talking.

Measuring
On 9 July, the ten companions of the RE-Greenhouse venture visited Inagro. There have been guided excursions on the biogas set up, in Agrotopia, and at Mirom’s city heating community. The purpose of this assembly was to make agreements concerning the uniform measurement of all parameters and the gathering of this knowledge. Inagro drew up an inventory of all parameters, resembling temperatures and warmth consumption, that shall be measured within the pilot installations:

• In Agrotopia they’ll study the potential of residual warmth and a heating community
• On the predominant web site of Inagro, they conduct analysis into the potential of the biogas set up.

Encourage with reality sheets and visuals
Data sheets concerning the power strategies used ought to inform and encourage as many greenhouse growers as potential.

Residual warmth and heating community
In Agrotopia, the method of warmth manufacturing and transport are visualized utilizing the next parts:

• Warmth manufacturing waste power plant, and warmth transport via Mirom’s city heating community.
• Residual warmth CHP set up of REO public sale
• Warmth consumption of Agrotopia’s roof greenhouse

Anaerobic digestion
In Inagro’s biogas set up, warmth is produced as follows:

• residual flows, resembling chicory roots and rotten potatoes, go into the anaerobic digester
• biogas and digestate come from the anaerobic digester
• biogas goes into the CHP set up, warmth and electrical energy are produced
• produced warmth is saved in water and transported
  – warmth consumption to take care of the temperature of the digester
  – warmth consumption to warmth the greenhouse and fish farming at Inagro

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