New partnership to provide solar technology to Spanish grower

New partnership to provide solar technology to Spanish grower Thanks! New partnership to provide solar technology to Spanish grower Voltiris has announced a new partnership with Novagric, a greenhouse technology company with over 50 years of experience in designing, manufacturing, and installing greenhouse projects, irrigation systems, fertigation, climate control, and agricultural technology.

Through this partnership, Novagric will make Voltiris' spectral filtering solar technology available to growers looking to combine agricultural production with energy efficiency and sustainability. © Voltiris The technology can be incorporated into Novagric greenhouse projects (subject to technical evaluation), opening a new path toward greater energy independence and reduced CO₂ emissions.

It's already been installed and tested in a Novagric greenhouse project at a client site in Mazarrón, Spain. "Together, Voltiris and Novagric are helping growers unlock their greenhouses' full potential: a source of clean energy without affecting crop production," said Voltiris in a statement .

Why this matters: For operators, this is a water-management story. The useful signal is that direct substrate measurements can help cut drain loss materially without giving up yield or fruit quality, which is exactly the kind of controllable efficiency gain a facility can build on.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why does substrate sensing matter in free-drain strawberry systems?

Because drain percentage tells a grower what already happened, while substrate moisture and EC data show root-zone conditions directly. That makes it easier to cut water loss without guessing.

What is the operator takeaway from this trial?

If the thresholds are understood well enough, growers can reduce drain water materially while protecting yield and fruit quality, which makes sensing an operational tool instead of a reporting tool.

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