Growing greenhouse grapes with negative carbon footprint
Greece winemaker Tsantalis developed an experimental greenhouse for viticulture cultivation, using Solar Glass of the company Brite. This fully automated greenhouse has a cultivation area of 1,200 m² and operates all year round due to its heating and cooling systems. The cultivated crop is a grape variety native to Greece, called Αsyrtiko, and used for making white wine.
希臘釀酒師 Tsantalis 使用 Brite 公司的太陽能玻璃開發了一個用于葡萄栽培的實驗溫室。這個全自動溫室的種植面積為 1,200 平方米，由于其加熱和冷卻系統，全年運作。栽培作物是一種原産于希臘的葡萄品種，稱為Αsyrtiko，用于釀造白葡萄酒。
After a cultivation cycle, Brite conducted a detailed study aimed to determine the carbon footprint per kilogram of grapes produced in the greenhouse. The study considers all factors contributing to the CO2 emissions footprint:
經過一個栽培周期後，Brite進行了一項詳細的研究，旨在确定溫室中每公斤葡萄的碳足迹。該研究考慮了導緻二氧化碳排放足迹的所有因素：
i. Greenhouse infrastructure
ii. Heating / cooling energy requirements
iii. Electricity needs & Brite’s solar glass PV system electricity production
iv. Crop Cultivation Operations
v. Fertilizers & Plant Protection Products
vi. Irrigation
i. 溫室基礎設施ii.加熱/冷卻能量要求iii.電力需求 & 燦芯半導體的太陽能玻璃光伏系統電力生産iv.農作物栽培操作v.肥料和植物保護産品vi.灌溉
The study outcome for this cultivation yields a carbon footprint of -15,78 kg CO2e / kg of produced grapes which is an extraordinary result and perhaps a global first for a negative carbon footprint for crop cultivation.
該栽培的研究結果産生了-15,78 kg CO2e / kg葡萄的碳足迹，這是一個非凡的結果，也許是全球第一個作物種植的負碳足迹。
This result is highly attributed to the solar glass used in the greenhouse and the clean energy it produces. It points to a great potential and hope for reversing climate change by eliminating or even reversing the carbon footprint in agriculture by using solar glass in greenhouses and Agri-PV systems.
這一結果在很大程度上歸功于溫室中使用的太陽能玻璃及其産生的清潔能源。它指出了通過在溫室和農業光伏系統中使用太陽能玻璃來消除甚至逆轉農業碳足迹來扭轉氣候變化的巨大潛力和希望。
The greenhouse developed by Brite was partially funded by EU’s H2020 SME Instrument Phase II program, Project PanepowerSW 804554 titled: “Transparent Solar Panel Technology for Energy Autonomous Greenhouses and Glass Buildings” under the direction of Program Adviser Dr. Marco Cecchetto.
Brite開發的溫室部分資金來自歐盟的H2020 SME Instrument第二階段計劃，即PanepowerSW項目，804554項目，标題為：“用于能源自主溫室和玻璃建築的透明太陽能電池闆技術”，由項目顧問Marco Cecchetto博士指導。編譯 陳講運