Fluence is supporting sustainability and operational price effectivity amid unstable power market circumstances in Europe.
Europe’s hovering power costs have affected many growers in international locations just like the Netherlands that primarily produce electrical energy through the gas-powered cogeneration technique. Gasoline costs have traditionally balanced between €15 and €20 per megawatt-hour (MWh) however peaked at over €300 per MWh in 2022 due to volatility as a consequence of provide, storage, and climate circumstances. Present power costs have dropped to €60 per MWh, remaining roughly thrice greater than what many growers deliberate to pay for electrical energy.
Main floriculture firms devoted to delivering high-quality merchandise to prospects—together with Bernhard Kwekerijen, Moerman Lilium, Deliflor Chrysanten, Past Chrysant, and Ten Have Plant—have made the change from high-pressure sodium (HPS) fixtures to Fluence’s LED know-how, which enhance photon output and power effectivity.
Hybrid set up at Bernhard Kwekerijen
“As they confront the unpredictability of Europe’s power market, Dutch cultivators are more and more targeted on future-proofing their cultivation methods by lowering their dependency on fossil power and fascinating in sustainable practices,” mentioned Gert-Jan Goes, horticulture specialist at Fluence. “Fluence’s RAPTR mild fixture and Wi-fi Flex Dimming management panel assist growers maximize their return on funding whereas rising management over mild depth whereas rising management over mild depth and dimming up and down creates most flexibility to revenue from extremely fluctuating power markets.”
Moerman Lilium
Moerman Lilium, a lily cultivator, has 13 hectares of crops beneath full LED lighting and makes use of Fluence’s RAPTR fixtures regulated through a Wi-fi Flex Dimming controller. The corporate screens European power costs very carefully and makes use of Fluence options to react rapidly and modify mild depth based mostly on market circumstances. Moerman Lilium expects to avoid wasting no less than 45% on electrical energy prices with the funding in Fluence’s LED lighting options.
“LED lighting permits us to be extra power environment friendly whereas adjusting our electrical energy use based mostly on fluctuations in power costs,” mentioned Jan Moerman, co-owner of Moerman Lilium. “Switching to Fluence LEDs has saved us cash and given us extra flexibility in a consistently altering power market.”
The Deliflor Chrysanten set up
Deliflor Chrysanten is the worldwide market chief in breeding and propagating chrysanthemum varieties. The corporate was in quest of a high-efficiency lighting resolution that includes extra inexperienced mild within the spectrum for higher visibility and development. Deliflor Chrysanten opted for Fluence’s RAPTR Broad R8 spectrum of their lately renewed breeding amenities to ensure the very best circumstances for his or her latest varieties. The primary flower trial grown beneath the Fluence’s fixtures turned out very profitable final January. Past Chrysant, a number one Dutch chrysanthemum cultivator, additionally selected Fluence’s RAPTR resolution for its customizability and high-visibility spectrum that create elevated effectivity in its built-in crop administration practices. Putting in Fluence’s LED know-how has allowed Past Chrysant to achieve higher management over the oscillating European power market. The corporate was lately named a finalist for Stichting Tuinbouw Ondernemersprijs’ “2023 Horticultural Entrepreneur Award.”
Even in hybrid lighting environments, growers are seeing the advantages of utilizing LED know-how. Bernhard Kwekerijen—a rose, orchid, and patio plant nursery—promotes a carbon-neutral and sustainable operation through the use of geothermal warmth and its personal photovoltaic discipline of photo voltaic panels to generate power. By incorporating Fluence’s RAPTR fixtures alongside legacy HPS options and maximizing mild management with Wi-fi Flex Dimming, Bernhard Kwekerijen has elevated CO2-neutral cropping in its Phalaenopsis cultivation.
RAPTR above the crop at Past Chrysant
“Fluence’s know-how stands out as a result of it affords the best flexibility in modifying power consumption and light-weight depth in accordance with power market value instability,” mentioned Dennis Raadschelders, strategic account supervisor for industrial agriculture at Fluence. “Our Dutch floriculture growers have harnessed management over operational bills with out sacrificing product high quality by emitting extra mild when power costs are low, and rapidly decreasing mild when power costs rise.”
Fluence’s staff of horticultural consultants work carefully alongside companions to design lighting packages based mostly on operations-specific crop and sustainability targets. Ten Have Plant, one of many oldest potted plant nurseries in Westland, chosen Fluence as its lighting options companion to attain higher crop and root growth along with decreasing prices and rising power effectivity. Ten Have Plant labored with Fluence’s horticulture staff to design a lighting plan to provide cyclamen for half the 12 months and campanula within the different half, choosing VYPR 3p Broad R6 prime lights to achieve management over seasonal mild circumstances and electrical energy consumption year-round.
“Fluence LED fixtures are extensively utilized by main hashish, industrial agriculture, and floriculture firms throughout Europe, demonstrating the pliability and common profit in transitioning to LED know-how,” mentioned David Cohen, CEO of Fluence. “We’re excited to work with Dutch floriculture growers who’ve deep roots within the trade and assist their administration of environmental circumstances, sustainable operations, and the best high quality crops.”
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