Sustainability vs the Bottom Line in Commercial Horticulture
The shift toward closed-loop, resource-efficient greenhouse systems is accelerating. Water recycling, nutrient recovery, and lower-carbon production are increasingly being engineered into modern facilities. In many cases, these are no longer optional features, but part of the baseline design for new developments. However, these systems come with a cost. Higher capital expenditure, increased technical complexity, and […]
CO2 Supply in a Fossil-Free Greenhouse System
LinkedIn post 22-04-2026 ๐๐โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ-๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ As greenhouse horticulture reduces its reliance on natural gas, a key technical question is becoming more visible: how will COโ for crop enrichment be supplied in the future? For many decades, COโ has been a by-product of combined heat and power (CHP) systems. As heating […]
Energy Transition and Financial Viability in Greenhouse Horticulture
LinkedIn post 03-04-2026 ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ Across Europe, the energy landscape for greenhouse horticulture is shifting rapidly. Carbon pricing, grid constraints and evolving regulatory frameworks are already influencing how new projects are designed and financed. Financial institutions are responding accordingly. Increasingly, long term investment cases are being assessed against their […]
LinkedIn-Blogpost 20260329
LinkedIn post 29-03-2026 ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ In regions where arable land and water are constrained, vertical farming and indoor agriculture are moving from niche applications to strategic components of food systems. However, the economics of daylight free production remain challenging. Operating fully controlled indoor environments introduces a fundamentally different cost structure. […]
LinkedIn-Blogpost 20260113
LinkedIn post 13-01-2026 ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป Electricity demand in greenhouse and controlled-environment agriculture is rising, driven by lighting, cooling and storage. At the same time, recent work on renewables in agriculture shows that these facilities can also play a role in more flexible, distributed energy systems โ when they […]