We are now produce our fern with two daytime and two nighttime periods within 24 hours , " pronounce Lennart Bijl of Vitro Plus . In the spring of 2023 , they participate in the ' encourage the Grid Challenge ' in Burgh - Haamstede , the Netherlands , where they pitched and won the idea of flexible inflammation . This mean lighting is used when vigour is cheap on the day market .
Battery"Often , these are metre when a wad of energy is available , " explains Lennart . " This direction , we avoid peak periods . to boot , we also store energy in a battery , which has a capacity of 430 kWh . We do this through our solar panels , of which 554 are installed on the roof of our newest edifice , but also from the grid . When push is chintzy , we can charge from the grid and use that DOE during the lighting period . "
Vitro Plus building , with the young building feature solar panels .
Dynamic lighting"The plants still invite the same amount of light , only the blueprint is adjusted . Within 24 60 minutes , there are two daytime and two nighttime period , but in aggregate , there are still 12 hours of ignitor and 12 hours of wickedness . We do n’t acknowledge any difference in quality during cultivation , and the same quality is keep for the ferns that are grown on in our nursery in Zierikzee . This applies to both the ferns come from tissue culture and the fern from spore , which we seed ourselves . Flexible , or dynamic , lighting has been quiz on both categories and is apply to both . "
Lennart Bijl and Miranda Meerman of Vitro Plus in one of the ' growing chambers ' .
ImplementationAt Vitro Plus , they have spent the last 1.5 years testing and mapping the possibility for gravid - scale implementation of flexible lighting . They are now at the end of the testing phase , and the results are so positive that it is being implemented in their Modern construction . Afterward , it will gradually be applied to other building , with the goal of having flexible lighting amply follow out across the company by the 2nd twenty-five percent of 2025 .
The batteryLennart concludes : " We do good from both the low energy billhook and a happy power grid operator , and we observe the same quality . "
For more information : Vitro PlusDe Roterij 264328 BA Burgh - Haamstede , the NetherlandsTel : +31 ( 0)111 46 80 88[email protected]www.vitroplus.nl
