Wonderplant CHP

LOCATION

Drama, Greece

YEAR

2013

CULTIVATION

Tomato

AREA

8 MWe

In 2013, Greentech completed the upgrade to Wonderplant’s facilities, with the construction of a Cogeneration Heat & Power plant (CHP).
In collaboration with Van Der Hoeven, MWM and Energon, we completed a significant addition to Wonderplant’s hydroponic tomato production facility. The investment had a number of objectives: to heat the greenhouse, produce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and to provide additional revenue to the business from the sale of electricity.

4 natural gas power generating engines, producing a total of 8 MW, were installed. We designed and implemented the exhaust gas cleaning system, a system that supplies carbon dioxide inside the greenhouse, a system for channelling hot water into the heating system and an automatic control system which communicates with the central climate control system.

The Wonderplant CHP project was complex in its implementation, since it combined the previous power generation system (natural gas boiler) with the new natural gas power generation engines. The switch between the systems needed to not only be seamless, but also automated based on the data that the sensors collected, prioritising optimal energy savings, crop performance and profit optimisation.

Each partner in the project brought significant expertise. Greentech oversaw the project and was responsible for the electric and electronic integration to the existing infrastructure, the electrical panelling and sensor system, as well as the programming for the central control system, including the power generation system. In collaboration with Van Der Hoeven we connected the new facility to the main greenhouse. Finally, MWM supplied and installed equipment and Energon worked on the electrical installation.

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