{"id":189923,"date":"2025-08-08T09:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/?p=189923"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:00:01","slug":"organic-photovoltaic-panels-for-energy-self-sufficient-greenhouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/organic-photovoltaic-panels-for-energy-self-sufficient-greenhouses\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic photovoltaic panels for energy self-sufficient greenhouses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1424.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/\">Eurecat<\/a> technology centre and <a href=\"https:\/\/lenium.es\/ca\/home-catala\/\">Lenium<\/a>, a company specialising in developing and financing turnkey industrial projects, renewable energies and R&amp;D and innovation initiatives, are to develop energy self-sufficient greenhouses by fitting organic photovoltaic panels which enable both power generation and plant growth.<\/p>\n<p>The project involves embedding semi-transparent printed organic cells which \u201cuse light synergistically, meaning that the panels capture and generate photovoltaic energy while allowing enough light to get through for plants to grow,\u201d comments Mart\u00ed Gibert Roca, a researcher in Eurecat\u2019s Functional Printing &amp; Embedded Systems Unit.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is \u201ca further step towards building a greenhouse model which is self-sufficient in energy and water, designed for sustainable farming in environments with limited resources,\u201d notes Esteve Lafita Ferr\u00e9, founding partner of Lenium alongside Hicham Elbokhari, who says the project \u201cwas inspired by the goal of generating a positive impact wherever it is implemented at all environmental and social levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to \u201cpower an irrigation system with photovoltaic energy based on capturing ambient moisture, thus crafting a completely self-sufficient greenhouse,\u201d adds Eurecat researcher Katerina Nikolaidou.<\/p>\n<p>This will involve an initial stage in which the facility\u2019s requirements will be analysed and a work plan designed, followed by a second stage in which a proof of concept will be conducted through testing in a relevant environment.<\/p>\n<p>The tests will be carried out in a real-world environment under simulated solar conditions and with controlled radiation, temperature and humidity to \u201cstrike a balance between the transparency and performance of the organic cells and demonstrate that it is possible to power an irrigation system based on moisture capture in a self-sufficient system,\u201d points out Eurecat researcher Paula Pinyol Castillo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":184865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2298,422,743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-functional-printing","category-press-notes-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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