Nfu Energy Limited

GASTRO aims to transform the UK greenhouse crop production sector, decoupling its energy dependency by exploiting geothermal and spectral cooling technologies. Supported by NFU Energy, the University of Lincoln (UoL), and the NSG Group (Pilkington) this project will showcase the benefits of using geothermal energy and novel Near Infra-Red (NIR) reflective...

Identifying and overcoming the challenges of supplying recovered waste industrial heat to English, Protected Edibles Crops growers to reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions in both. Develop model contracts and a 'match making' service to ensure barriers are minimised.

Methane from the digestive systems of livestock accounts for over 50% of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. This is a major barrier for the sector meeting net-zero. Around 1/3rd is released indoors, and could be removed in barn ventilation systems if suitable technology existed. This project pulls together a team spanning commercial, engineering and s...

Potato store efficiency and losses depend crucially on air flows to distribute treatments and to equilibrate temperature and moisture in the breathing crop, without excessive energy consumption and yield loss through dehydration. At least 60% of current stores are failing in this regard, leading to potential exceedances in CIPC - a crucial sprouting suppr...