Building a greenhouse and connecting it to flatulency and electrical energy in some region is more challenging than in others . While in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe an all-inclusive base is available , in the Middle East and North Africa that is often not the pillow slip . But there they do have a lot of hours of sunshine and that – with some smart applied science – could be the solvent .
Proof of conceptAdriano Desideri and his squad of SOLHO – brusque for Solar Horticulture – worked for several years on storing solar energy and transmute it to electricity . Then in 2016 they get word there was a demand for such renewable solutions in the horticultural sphere . They introduced themselves to Van der Hoeven and three years by and by they made their ideas into reality with a validation of concept at a glasshouse in France . The organization is called SPRHOUT ( Solar Powered Off - grid Horticultural UniT ) . “ Now we can show that it in reality go ” , Adriano read . “ The fact that the nursery is used for polish of kiwi plant life is not essential , our system will exercise for any type of greenhouse with any type of cultivation . Whether it is vegetables or flowers . ”
Solution for lack of infrastructure“We can open a new mart for nursery producer . The availability of flatulence and electricity is crucial for the decision to place a new nursery or not . If we had our means , horticultural project can be deploy anywhere and wo n’t be cancelled any longer because of deficiency of base . ” According to Adriano there is a in high spirits potential for this off - control grid energy organization in the sun smash neighborhood . “ In these regions there is a rising demand for high - technical school greenhouse to domesticate solid food for the local market . Also keep in nous the water shortage : changing to protect culture instead of opened field growing , will save a lot of water and vegetables can be grown of higher quality . ”
But how does it operate ? “ With solar collectors we transmute the sun into thermal vigor , then we store it in a caloric energy storage . Next we convert that into electricity using a thermic rebirth locomotive engine . The thermal energy can also be used directly to heating or cool down the greenhouse if need . ”
With the technology being proved at the test case in France , now it is time to take the next step . “ Although everything is at an early stagecoach , we are look with Van der Hoeven at a few commercial undertaking . ”
For more information : SOLHO BV[email protected]www.solho.eu
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