ASTREDHOR is the French Institute on Research & Development for the ornamental sector. ASTREDHOR is involved in the project RE-GREENHOUSE with a pilot, in Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, in the Ain department, France. The pilot is the greenhouse of the production site of ornamental and young vegetable plants of the Soupe Horticulture society. It uses biomass as renewable energy source for heating the greenhouses of the site.
A commercial-scale pilot site
Soupe Horticulture production site has plastic and glass greenhouses, all heated by crushed wood pallets burning. The well-worn wood pallets used are crushed locally, in two nearby companies.
1.200 Tons of wood are required per year for heating the 2,5 hectares surface of the site.
The energy produced into the boiler (2,4 MW) heats water, which is carried until a 100 m3 open buffer (95°C temperature), and into the greenhouse heating network.
This pilot site will be used to get important data, required for the creation of the Renewable Energy Solutions (RES) decision tool, thanks to sensors and measurements to characterize the energy consumption, the combustible quantity, the climate into greenhouses, and the crop production.
Through the long grower experience, this pilot site will give to the project, knowledges about time, cost and skills needed for the boiler maintenance.
Co-creation with a network of professionals
ASTREDHOR will use this pilot site to demonstrate the possibility of heating greenhouse without fossil energy, for the ornamental crops production sector.
A French ‘user group’ will be set up with some growers and consultants of the horticultural sector, to consider the needs of the future RES decision tool users.
Factsheet
View the fact sheet on the Astredhor pilot:
More info
David Vuillermet – https://david.vuillermet@astredhor.fr
Joris Dubosc – https://joris.dubosc@astredhor.fr/