Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com Speaking at CEAIF 2026, Nicolas Dietrich, Chief of Staff at Voltiris, argued that the greenhouse roof itself is part of the answer. By converting near-infrared light into electricity before it reaches the canopy, the modules reduce average leaf temperature by 3°C on sunny days with no
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com How Growy uses light intensity and spectrum to reduce energy use “We don’t need to blast these poor plants with hundreds of micromoles on the very first day” Growy has been, as Laura van de Kreeke put it at CEA and Indoor Farming 2026, "quite
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Reassessing greenhouse glazing through a 30-year lens Miriam shares that this longer-term perspective was central to a recent 30-year greenhouse glazing analysis conducted in Guatemala. "Polyfilm's replacement schedule transforms a 2026 glazing decision into a commitment to purchase labor at 2040 and 2050 prices,
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com The P2.85 million greenhouse facility was established in Barangay Sablagon through the Department of Agriculture Western Visayas, and funding via the National Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Program (NUPAP), aligned with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s directive on food accessibility through sustainable, climate-resilient community gardens in
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com Signify cuts energy use by 25% and labour costs by 20% at South Korean university vertical farm Thanks! These solutions enable precise control of light intensity and spectral composition, along with time- and date-based scheduling to support the development of optimized growth recipes for a wide range
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Unexpected aid gap threatens major Estonian vegetable producer Estonia's top greenhouse grower Grüne Fee faces significant annual losses and the potential risk of shutdown after unexpectedly being declared ineligible for state aid. Last summer, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MKM) floated a plan
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com "Robotic precision coating creates highly uniform light diffusion while avoiding the excessive shading density often seen with conventional methods." The technology also supports more stable internal climate conditions during peak summer radiation periods, helping growers maintain consistent DLI levels across the greenhouse. Gennadii shares that
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Italy: Greenhouses and photovoltaics, from Sicily the new model for green agriculture Thanks! The first agri-voltaic plant in Italy based on Serra Archimede® technology, built by Bee srl and designed by the Regran Group and financed by Banca Agricola Popolare di Sicilia with a 1.1 million
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Creating more precise lighting controls for greenhouse growers Thanks! Connext 916 goes a step further and gives you the opportunity to shape the full spectrum, color by color, at the right moment, exactly to the crop needs," said René Hofman, Product Manager Connext. © Priva BV Consistent
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com An initial reaction might be: "That makes sense, because you save more than 2,000 km of truck transport." Yet the situation is not that straightforward. Assuming an average diesel consumption of 40 liters per 100 km for a 15-ton refrigerated truck transporting lettuce from
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com Up to 50% of a strawberry plant's sale price goes towards transport We've been manufacturing vertical farming technology that allows growers to produce consistent, quality, and uniform plants in a repeatable, predictable fashion for over a decade now. For many commercial strawberry growers
Crop Science
Source: HD.com This technology has demonstrated notable results in countries like Japan, where tomato growers observed a 1.4% yield increase for each 1% of additional interlighting, with some reporting up to 25% higher yields compared to greenhouses lacking supplemental lighting. Since its initial adoption in 2013, more than