Energy-independent greenhouses
Since 2025 we have been developing self-sufficient greenhouses together with the Eurecat technology centre, the Open University of Catalonia, and the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, with funding from the Catalan government's innovation agency. Semi-transparent solar panels on the roof generate electricity while still letting enough light through for the crops to grow underneath, and the irrigation system pulls its water straight out of the humidity in the air.
The result is a greenhouse that runs completely off-grid, with no external power or water supply. It is being tested on a 250 m² site at the research centre in Cabrils, near Barcelona, and our San Diego team is now studying how the same systems could also capture and store carbon dioxide.
