All around the world , the nursery industry grows at mellow speed because of the huge and growing need for smart veggie , fruit , and berries , peculiarly in winter . " Russia follows this style as well , additionally motivated by self - imprimatur and the interior abide program of the government , " the team with Gruppo AB pronounce . take the cold-blooded climate , geographical fix ( mostly in the North ) , and being the biggest rural area on Earth , the main challenges for a nursery in Russia are warmth , electricity for artificial light , and logistics . " Even if one can figure out the issues with heat and electricity via the installation of boiler and/or generator and/or obtaining electrical grid connection , the issue with logistics remain . "
InfrastructureTo extenuate the logistic exit , the squad with AB sees that an investor search for a land secret plan closer to the consumer ( which are usually Moscow and St. Petersburg , or sometimes the capital of the area or another freehanded metropolis ) . " The most common vegetable greenhouse size in Russia alter from 10 to 50 hectares , and it is not always easy to discover a right body politic plot with all necessary ingredients : proximity to the consumers , electric power grid connection , and road infrastructure . "
Usually , at least one of the abovementioned ingredients is overleap , and investors are draw to choose a land plot without an electrical grid connection with infrastructure skinny to the consumers . In this shell , there is still a possibleness to feed artificial spark with electrical energy generated by Cogeneration Heat and Power ( CHP ) running on natural gas pedal .
" Fortunately , New CHP technologies are very developed and already bear witness worldwide . They can reach electric efficiency up to 45 % , entire efficiency up to 90 % , and to guarantee the price of kWh which is in most sheath twice ( in some region threefold ) cheaper comparing with the grid in Russia , " they explain . " What is also important for investor and future glasshouse management is easy operation and proper maintenance of the system to make certain that the nursery will be receiving electricity , heat , and CO2uninterruptedly , especially during the moth-eaten season when most vegetables are demanded by consumers . "
OperationOperation of CHP system for sure requires agronomic and technological skills , but a gamy level of automation and substance abuser - favorable interface stimulate it soft and logically open . A grow light calculator together with a master control venire exercise synchronously with the glasshouse figurer and do to follow the parameter lay by the agronomist ( at the greenhouse computer ) mechanically .
Maintenance of CHP units is usually supply by specialised Robert William Service establishment . It is potential to get a long - term ( 10 - 15 years ) service contract with full coverage of preventive and corrective care with assure availability of the big businessman plant 95 - 97 % . This type of religious service contract bridge provides investors with an opportunity to secure their stage business fashion model from unexpected electricity , heat , and CO2shortage due to technical failure .
The CHP scheme show itself as an essential solution for the Russian nursery . It allows for greenhouse to be closer to the consumer , and bring through costs on logistics . At the same time , it can generate much less expensive electrical energy for artificial lights compared to the electrical grid . It can simultaneously get heating plant for the greenhouse heating organization , and in addition produces CO2to feed the plants .
