“ Never waste a good crisis , ” Winston Churchill once said . And he would live because he experience quite a few . Even now , many raiser are experiencing a stiff good sense of crisis : we had only just breathed a suspiration of relief after the Covid pandemic before the next crisis appeared . Many companies have been reach hard by the soar up vigor prices due to the war in Ukraine and the energy transition . What can we do about this ? How do we answer ? In this blog , Rudolf de Vetten , CPO of Blue Radix , reflects on the current Energy Department crisis .
Interestingly , many grower are following totally different strategies than a class ago , resulting in a considerable vigor reduction . What was antecedently unthinkable is happen anyway . Less lighting , colder cultivation , everything is being pulled out of the closet . At the same time , this means a search for a raw optimum .
antecedently , it was simple according to many agriculturist : cultivation was always leading . This have in mind that the development of the crop was monitor , and the soul responsible for free energy direction needed to ensure that the right amount was always useable , regardless of the energy price at that time .
This is no longer well-founded . Not only in footing of price – it is often not a sustainable pick . We need to grow with minimal permissive waste : every watt second of heat , every kilowatt time of day of electricity , and every kilo of CO2 must conduce to growth . This involve continuous consideration of crop data , weather condition data , and costs .
That begin with a solid harvest and Department of Energy strategy , but that alone is not enough . Ultimately , the grower ’s decisions determine what the energy white plague will be every hour of the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. .
In the morning , a minimum pipe temperature is only utile if it is dampish at the bottom of the crop . And then the head is : should every department be treated the same way ? And what is a good pipe temperature given the state of the crop and today ’s conditions forecast ? Growers continuously consider these factor based on their own insight . However , it is impossible to make all these decision in an optimal means and very frequently . Which is why grower often take a safety gadget margin : how do you assure that you at least stick out of difficulty ? I believe that this can be done better .
Blue Radix can hold in the climate in the greenhouse very exactly base on precise calculations and data psychoanalysis . Continuously , 24×7 . Because our algorithm look ahead , we already take into account the upcoming atmospheric condition conditions . For example , we fold the window sooner when the temperature suddenly drops sharply . But we only do that if the wind is coming from a sure direction and the moisture is under control . In this way , Crop Controller create a unchanging and prevenient climate . By blend all available data source , growers can achieve optimal ascendency of the climate much more precisely per department , result in importantly less muscularity waste .
Subsequently , the tie with DOE model make it potential to closely ordinate the harvest strategy with the vigor scheme . What ’s more profitable ? Higher yield or scummy Department of Energy pulmonary tuberculosis ? By weigh costs and revenues against each other , an ideal equaliser can be fix at any time of the mean solar day . This allows every euro spent on energy to be put to safe use .
Continuously make these thoughtfulness and relating all the information to each other is almost impossible for a grower . Fortunately , this crisis concur with strong technological developments in greenhouse gardening . algorithmic rule like those developed by Blue Radix can incessantly make this trade - off and perform the correct activity . Growers who habituate this crisis to manage their business in a new room will see that it also offer new opportunities .
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