Gaining your edge

Energy Edge is an initiative of Greenhouse Canada magazine aimed at turning what is a liability for most growers – fluctuating energy costs – into a competitive advantage. With energy accounting for as much as 40 per cent of the operating costs of many greenhouse operations, small and steady improvements on this front can move the needle in a big way on the bottom line. Energy Edge will look at new technologies, innovative projects, case studies of growers finding their own Energy Edge.

You can read about it in each issue of Greenhouse Canada, but we’ve also created this dedicated microsite. Here you can find regular news items on the subject, new technology and products, video, and in-depth archives on the subject.

We’ll also produce a bi-weekly enewsletter to keep you up to speed on what we’re covering. It is free to all Greenhouse Canada digital subscribers. You can sign up for it here.

If you want to add to the conversation, please drop us a line and let us know about your project, technology, services, or concerns at energyedge@annexweb.com.

Efficiency

The first pilot plant in a program of installations that can sustainably produce crops, electricity, biofuels, and even plants for re-vegetation efforts in a desert environment is now up and running in the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar.
The amount of fresh water consumed for world energy production is on track to double within the next 25 years, putting a strain on future water resources, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects.
Growers in Delta, B.C., are already using agricultural technology to grow quality produce, but as technology evolves, so do opportunities to reap even bigger rewards.
Food producers report issues such as the carbon tax, competition and innovation need to be addressed by the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture if the province is to reach its goal of generating $14 billion in revenue by 2017.
An eight-acre site that includes more than 15 gutter-connected greenhouses needed to find a better way to control the climate while reducing its electricity, heating use and expenses. The answer to this energy conundrum came in the form of an environmental control system that could adapt to the up to…
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