Inagro participates in the RE-Greenhouse project, a European project focused on the transition to renewable energy in the horticulture sector. This project should help greenhouse growers to become more sustainable, but also to become more independent and resilient to price increases caused by geopolitical turmoil such as the war in Ukraine.
There are five pilot installations in different countries, which investigate and demonstrate a promising renewable energy technology. The ultimate goal is to develop a tool that allows greenhouse growers to determine which renewable energy source is the most suitable one for their company, both technically and economically speaking.
Measuring
On 9 July, the ten partners of the RE-Greenhouse project visited Inagro. There were guided tours at the biogas installation, in Agrotopia, and at Mirom's urban heating network. The aim of this meeting was to make agreements about the uniform measurement of all parameters and the collection of this data. Inagro drew up a list of all parameters, such as temperatures and heat consumption, that will be measured in the pilot installations:
- In Agrotopia they will examine the potential of residual heat and a heating network
- At the main site of Inagro, they conduct research into the potential of the biogas installation.
Inspire with fact sheets and visuals
Information sheets about the energy techniques used should inform and inspire as many greenhouse growers as possible.
Residual heat and heating network
In Agrotopia, the process of heat production and transport are visualized using the following elements:
- Heat production waste energy plant, and heat transport through Mirom's urban heating network.
- Residual heat CHP installation of REO auction
- Heat consumption of Agrotopia's roof greenhouse
Anaerobic digestion
In Inagro's biogas installation, heat is produced as follows:
- residual flows, such as chicory roots and rotten potatoes, go into the anaerobic digester
- biogas and digestate come from the anaerobic digester
- biogas goes into the CHP installation, heat and electricity are produced
- produced heat is stored in water and transported
- heat consumption to maintain the temperature of the digester
- heat consumption to heat the greenhouse and fish farming at Inagro
For more information:
Inagro
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