Trigeneration for closed greenhouses
Power, heat, cold and CO₂ from the farm's own waste
Closed-loop farming in Oman
A greenhouse that cannot close
In hot climates a greenhouse spends most of its water and energy on cooling. Evaporative cooling uses fresh water that is scarce, and open vents let out the humidity and CO₂ the plants need. At the same time every farm produces agricultural waste, such as date palm fronds, that today is burned or dumped.
One X-150 site, three containers
On one pad beside the greenhouse, three containers: the gasifier that makes the gas, the engine that turns it into power and heat, and the chiller that turns that heat into cold water. The fuel is the farm's own waste. Five steps connect them into one loop.
Five steps, one loop
The X-150 heats the waste to high temperature with too little oxygen to burn. It breaks down into a clean, hydrogen-rich fuel gas and clean, porous biochar.
The gas runs an engine that makes the farm's own electricity. The engine's hot water is recovered.
An adsorption chiller developed in Germany by our partner Sorption Technologies turns that heat into chilled water. Its refrigerant is water, and it needs only a fraction of the electricity of a conventional chiller. A compression back-up covers the hottest peaks.
The engine's exhaust is cleaned and fed back into the greenhouse. Because the greenhouse is cooled, it can stay closed: it keeps its water and its CO₂, and the plants grow faster.
The X-150 also produces clean biochar. Mixed with compost, it goes back into the sandy soil as fertiliser, holding water and nutrients where the roots are.
Power, heat and cold from one fuel: that is trigeneration. With CO₂ and biochar, the loop closes.
What the farm gets
The closed greenhouse stops evaporating water to cool itself.
The farm makes its own electricity instead of relying on diesel or the grid.
One fuel gives power, heat, cold and CO₂.
Waste becomes energy and the biochar goes back to the soil.
Containerised units, installed in about a week; need more, add units.
AI watches every hub day and night; a local technician runs it on site.
Hot, dry regions
Vegetable greenhouses, cold stores for the harvest, packing houses and date palm farms in hot, dry regions: Oman, the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe.
Close the loop on your farm.
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