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.

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Ontario farmers who don't have access to natural gas on the farm want the infrastructure in place to make it happen, according to a recent survey conducted by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA).

Eco Pepper at CPMA show

Friday, 10 May 2013
May 10, 2013, Kingsville, Ont. – With Canadian crop production about to peak, Mastronardi’s increased capacity will have the company shipping more products than ever before. In adding more than 100 acres of production in Ontario alone and doubling its primary Canadian distribution centre, the company continues to focus on…
Greenhouses offer opportunities to test combined heat and power as an energy conservation model and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's Don McCabe would like to see pilot projects demonstrating its benefits to the industry.
Growers in British Columbia could see a five-year carbon tax freeze if the province’s Liberal party is re-elected on May 14.
Natural gas prices have been at record-lows for a while now, but almost three-quarters of respondents to an RBC Capital Markets and Economist Intelligence Unit survey expect those prices will start creeping up in the future.
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