SELF SUSTAINABLE FARM

The project will lead to the manufacture and use of ammonia as vehicle fuel, heat production, generation of electricity, fertilizer production or direct nitrogen supply to the soil, etc. The project, which is carried out in several stages, aims to show a possible way for agriculture to become self-sufficient in the farm's energy needs. The project includes electricity production on arable land while maintaining cultivation. The project as a whole will show a practically working model for saving excess energy from solar electricity that occurs during the hot summer months, in order to then be able to use that energy at other times of the year. The excess energy is stored in the form of ammonia through a newly developed patentable technology. Production of ammonia at farm level is at the heart of the big project.

Stage 1 is a preparatory phase where the solar-following solar cells are assembled and test surfaces are designated. Goals, stage 1, preparation phase: 5 solar-following solar panels on pillars are set up and mounted on productive arable land belonging to the farm Eneby in Stallarholmen The land is inspected for account and reference surfaces The solar cells are installed and tested on productive arable land 8 sample areas of 0.5 m2/pc are designated and marked Solar radiation meters in connection with the test surfaces are installed Step 1 runs until end of 2022.

During step 2 of the project (a new application is expected to be submitted in the second half of 2022), the actual study is carried out if, and if so how, large a possible effect of sun shading will be on the crop that will end up in shadow sweep from the solar panels. Step 2 covers in its entirety the scaling up of the ammonia production process, safety aspects, construction of a technology shed on site, test drive and testing, system description, modelling and validation of technology and efficiencies, demonstration and market introduction and, as previously mentioned, the impact of solar panels on underlying cultivation areas.

Partners in the project are:

AGRO ÖST

Eneby Gård Stallarholmen Mariefred

Sunflake Technologies AB

HelioZenit International AB

The project is co-financed by  Agtech 2030