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 glass coatings to improve greenhouse efficiency, sustainability, and productivity. The UK's greenhouse crop production sector, currently producing only 15.8% of domestic market needs, has significant growth potential. Political and economic support is strong, with the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (GLLEP) already investing £2.4M of capital funding to build a demonstration geothermal research greenhouse. GASTRO funds the first use of these state-of-art-facilities, quantifies ROIs for highly novel NIR materials and provides primary data for NFU Energy to develop a service model to drive roll-out. The GASTRO project will: 1\. Integrate and test Pilkington's novel NIR glass coatings at UoL's geothermal facility to reduce solar thermal load and enhance summer cooling. 2\. Demonstrate the combined effects of geothermal heating and NIR cooling on strawberry crops, aiming to boost yield and quality. 3\. Develop a geothermal greenhouse design service to support regional technology rollout. The project will use UoL's advanced geothermal glasshouse, featuring 16x250m closed-loop boreholes, to test and validate these innovations. Data collected will be crucial for optimising the technologies and proving their economic and environmental benefits. The GASTRO team includes: * NFU Energy focusing on assessing geothermal system performance and dissemination. * University of Lincoln providing the geothermal glasshouse facility and analytical support. * Pilkington supplying NIR glass coatings. The commercial potential is significant. The Launchpad region hosts 155ha of the 680 ha UK glasshouse estate, compared to \>10,000ha in the Netherlands. Each hectare of glass requires 8,000 to 15,000GJ of energy, potentially reduced by 66% with geothermal energy. Expanding the region's glasshouse crop production area would drive inward investment and create jobs, we estimate 50ha of additional glass generates GVA to support \>250 people and farm gate revenues of \>£30M/annum. GASTRO aims to enhance NFU Energy's services and Pilkington's NIR product offerings, leading to increased revenues, cost savings, and market competitiveness. The validated geothermal and NIR technologies will offer growers a compelling ROI through higher yields, reduced energy costs, and increased climate resilience. In summary, GASTRO is a strategic initiative poised to drive the UK's CEA sector towards greater sustainability and productivity, delivering significant economic and environmental benefits regionally and nationally.

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 scientific aspects to demonstrate the feasibility of a catalytic process to decompose dilute methane. Building on already developed technology that decomposes dilute methane (e.g. in coal mining), deployment to the agricultural sector requires an additional process to first concentrate the very dilute methane in barn air.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.

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 suppressant that might be withdrawn as a result - and also to energy and deydration losses. Our new system will develop scientifically based design tools, using detailed maps of air flow, heat/mass transfer and CIPC deposition within boxes and tuber surfacess, to help modify stores' air handling to meet legislative limits and improve resource efficiency. This industrially led project combines leading companies in potato store design and build, store energy and chemical control and potato handling & packing, with scientific support from the Potato Council's Sutton Bridge research facility and Cranfield Uni Aeronautics group. We aim to provide the tools and retrofit options to save the industry over £50M in losses from CIPC failures and improved energy and moisture management.