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Wednesday, 03 May 2017
by Ed Hardy
Opportunities for renewable heating
AHDB GrowSave is inviting growers to an event to hear more about the current opportunities for converting to renewable heating systems in protected cropping, or adding to and expanding their existing renewable systems. Tuesday, 21 March 2017
by Ed Hardy
Glasshouse roofs used to heat underneath
Growers could use their glasshouses to generate electricity through the use of solar glass. Translucent solar panels have been developed by Soliculture, an American start-up company, specifically for the greenhouse sector. Their panels convert some of the sunlight into electricity, while still Thursday, 02 March 2017
by Ed Hardy
Water: Just another throw-away commodity?
During a recent GrowSave study tour to Belgium and the Netherlands, I learnt how irrigation practices differ between UK growers and our European neighbours. Wednesday, 01 March 2017
by Ed Hardy
UK growers could learn a lot from European neighbours
In Belgium and the Netherlands horticulture is big business and the facilities tend to be more high-tech than their UK counterparts. During a recent GrowSave study tour I saw some of the advanced technology and practices used by growers, such as LED lighting, diffuse glass and bio-beds for water Thursday, 26 January 2017
by Ed Hardy
Carbon Dioxide capture and utilisation
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has been recently developed to help reduce the levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) entering the atmosphere, where it contributes towards the greenhouse effect and climate change. CCS technology can capture up to 90% of CO2 emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels in Thursday, 28 July 2016
by Ed Hardy
Journey to the centre of the earth
Geothermal energy, although most effective in regions of volcanic activity where underground temperatures are highest, is an available energy source all around the globe. Whilst the Netherlands (hopefully!) may not be about to erupt, a group of Dutch growers has invested in geothermal energy to Wednesday, 25 May 2016
by Ed Hardy
LEDs in space
Water cooled LED lights have made their way into space! Safe food production is an ongoing issue for the EDEN Institute of Space Systems project. Heliospectra AB, working as part of this project, has designed high intensity LED grow lights to be used for this purpose on both the Internation Space Tuesday, 23 February 2016
by Ed Hardy
