First solar glass house in Greece complete

The 1st Photovoltaic (Solar) Glasshouse, designed and developed by the DKG Consulting Ltd and AGROTECHNIKI Ltd in their joint innovation venture LIVE CELL, with the know-how of the Italian company Artigianfer Srl and the NRGAZ photovoltaic expertize (Schüco), was completed last week in Thessaloniki, Greece.

The project belongs to KBM Plants a well-known floriculture and pot plants producer and trading company.

The solar glasshouse is situated in Thessaloniki, Greece, with a total area of 3.000m2. The gutter height is 5m, the top cover is made from glass and photovoltaic panels, the sides from insect-proof net. Electrical power is 100 KW.

The module allows photovoltaic equipment to coexist with crops. What is more, it acts as an element for the seasonal control of the radiation and interior temperature of the greenhouse, as well as constituting additional support for the entrepreneur’s economic activity through the sale and/or private use of the energy obtained.

"This project is part of our Innovation joint venture between DKG Consulting and Agrotechniki. The know-how series cover Live Cell Hothouse, Live Cell Biomass, Live Cell Photovoltaic Greenhouse and Live Cell Garden Centers. Now we are working hard on Live Cell Urban Farming module where we believe the demand for such solutions will be intense in the near future," explained Mr. Christos D. Katsanos, Executive Director of the DKG Group of Companies & Initiatives

"We are very happy at the completion of this project since it was team work and all the involved parties contributed their maximum," stated Mr. Apostolos Strogilis, Technical Director of Agrotechniki Ltd.