ENABLING THE ENERGY TRANSITION OF GREENHOUSES
Leverage your greenhouse to combine energy and crop production and
produce your own electricity
Who we are supported by
KEY NUMBERS
Reduction of CO2 emissions
Up to 1’000 tons of CO2 reduced per hectar
Improvement of profitability
Reduce energy costs by up to 30%
Increase in energy independence
Cover up to 70% of energy needs
From energy dependence to growth freedom
No impact
on crop growth
Reduce CO2 emissions by up to 70%
to support sustainability
Energy under
your control
Reduce costs through self-consumption
and increase profit by selling to the grid.
easy installation
Voltiris modules require no authorization, are
compatible with most greenhouse equipment
and require minimum maintenance.
OUR SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
COMBINE CROP GROWTH AND ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
Voltiris solar modules allow for a double use of greenhouse area by producing electricity without reducing the yield of crops placed underneath the modules. Greenhouse owners can fully leverage the land and become sustainable when it comes to energy.
Solar modules that do not impact crop growth
Voltiris solar modules allow for a double use of greenhouse area by producing electricity without reducing the yield of crops placed underneath the modules. Greenhouse owners can fully leverage the land and become sustainable when it comes to energy.
faq
proofs
Thanks to the spectral filtering used, there is limited or no negative impact on the growth of crops. On the contrary, preliminary results show improvements (e.g. in amount of water used)
Light diffusion below our modules is close to 96%. We’ve made simulations to estimate how much time each crop spend below the filters, because of the solar tracking. It is actually very limited (less than 1h daily) and only on the top of the crops – there is still a lot of indirect light coming in
Conceptually, what we do has been done for years in indoor farming. We’ve also conducted agronomical studies in real life situations to get tangible proofs that it works, for example at the Agroscope in Switzerland
You are welcome to come and visit one of our installations in Switzerland and The Netherlands. Please contact our team to arrange a visit !
Our uniqueness lies in our spectral filtering: we generate energy with the part of the light not needed by photosynthesis. That way, crops get everything they need – there is no shading. Also, our solution can be retrofitted quite easily and does not require permits to be deployed
Use
The production can cover all your electricity needs (usually 20% of growers’ energy bill), the rest can there be used to substitute fossil fuels, for example in combination with heat pumps or geothermal heat. Producing heat would be helpful at some times but can less be leveraged when there is a surplus.
We’ve developed our technology with growers in mind, hence we’ve incorporated feedbacks from (very) early on to make sure our solution is compatible all your activities. We can install the modules throughout the year, regardless of the activity in the greenhouse
Our technology is extremely modular. We’ve worked with multiple set-ups of different greenhouses to work with their specificities and find the space for our modules. Talk to an expert to assess the feasibility.
As we are inside the greenhouse, we’ve been able to innovate and use some components that require minimal maintenance. Therefore, we foresee very little maintenance throughout the 25 years lifetime of the modules. We’ve also tested the modules during the yearly sanisitation – they are robust and did not have any issues facing the cleaning water jets
financing
It depends on your preferences and how you would like to pay. If you pay the modules yourself (e.g. self-finance or with support of your bank), you. If you prefer not to spend anything, we can sell the energy produced to you at a fixed price for a few years, before you become the owner of the installation
No problem, you’re not the only one in this situation. We believe that your energy transition is important and that’s why we’ve developed financing models where you do not require to advance any capital to benefit from the solution
It depends on your preferences and on local regulations. For more specifics on this, please reach out to our team.