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An automated aeroponics system to grow full-size leafy greens in commercial greenhouses
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GREENOVA
An automated aeroponics system to grow full-size leafy greens in commercial greenhouses
Label Date
August 24, 2022
Parent company
Air Liquide
From
Switzerland
Maturity stage
TRL 9 / CRI 3-4 - Commercial Scale Up / Multiple commercial Applications
Our solution addresses customers such as growers, processors, and distributors who want to produce locally grown, fresh, pesticide-free leafy greens. Our unique single-flow industrial-sized mobile aeroponics solution (GREENOVA) grows leafy vegetables and aromatic medicinal herbs. Our mobile aeroponics equipment comprises an irrigation robot that sprays water and nutrients directly to the roots of the plants that are held by cultivation modules and a crop management software (GURU) to assist with the greenhouse manager’s tasks, ensure full traceability, manoeuvre crop modules for smooth execution and track data. Crops bloom using our precision spraying system that provides full oxygen availability with minimum microbiological risks.
The Environmental Benefits
- •Reduce soil usage: producing 30 tonnes of lettuce in field production in 1 year requires 1 full hectare (10'000 m2) vs. 315 m2 with GREENOVA = 31 times less land
- •Reduce water usage: producing 30 tonnes of lettuce in field production in 1 year requires up to 7'500 m3 vs. 300 m3 with GREENOVA = 96% less water
- •No use of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides and discharge 0 waste water, nor effluents (water and soil preservation)
The Financial Benefits
- • Predictability & security of income for growers by farming all year-long in a controlled environment
- •No need for seasonal worker management and all related hassles and stress
- • Payback in 4 to 6 years depending on the crops grown and the markets where sold
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CleanGreens Solutions SA
Swiss AgroTech Soilless Farming Solutions for premium quality produce
Headquarters
1415 Molondin, Switzerland
Type
Company
Parent company
Air Liquide
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health.
Headquarters
75007 Paris, France
Networking Partner
CleantechAlps
As an expert for the innovation scene in energy and environmental technologies, CleantechAlps (Sion, Switzerland) is a hub for the cleantech ecosystem, connecting its stakeholders with relevant partners.
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