Part of the project includes installing heat condensers on Greenfield’s facilities. The heat will then be pumped to Truly Green Farms through a series of pre-existing underground lines.
“Greenfield will dry and condense the heat to about 65 C,” Hilco Tamminga, director of operations for Truly Green Farms, told Farms.com today. “When (the air) comes back to our side it will go through heat exchangers again so that we can harvest the heat and send it into our greenhouse for use.”
This kind of initiative can help agribusinesses address climate change concerns and operation costs, says Howard Field, president and CEO of Greenfield Global.
The investment is helping Greenfield “lower energy use and heating costs,” he said in a Sept. 11 release. “We are expanding our opportunities for sustainability, both in our products and how we produce them.”
And being able to combine sustainable efforts with potential profit is an important part of any business, said Tamminga.
“The sustainability piece of the project is crucial,” he told Farms.com today. “Plus the economic factors are there too. When you’re able to hit on both of those points, you’re heading in the right direction.”
The project between Greenfield and Truly Green Farms began in 2012 and has created 200 new jobs since it started.
Top photo: Hilco Tamminga/HortiDaily.com