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Proof that tomatoes can be grown locally in the deep of winter with SunScience’s solar energy management system
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Proof that tomatoes can be grown locally in the deep of winter
with SunScience’s solar energy management system
Reno, NV, February 6 – It is now possible to have locally grown tomatoes and other high value produce in northern Nevada -- in January. This has been proven by the joint efforts of SunScience Corporation (SSC) and the DoubleTree Ranch (DTR) research facility in Lovelock, NV. Together they launched a Controlled-Environment Agriculture (CEA) project using SSC’s Energy Management System (EMS), in partnership with Doubletree’s greenhouse farming operations. The project began with first plantings in early October 2011 to accomplish two goals: to unveil and test SSC’s EMS and to dramatically extend the growing season for year around planting. When presented with the first ripe tomato January 29, U.S. Congressman Mark Amodei said, “it's great to see SunScience bring a combination of technology, renewable resources and increased agriculture production to Nevada, and across the country.”
Traditional (uncovered) farming is at the mercy of weather, availability of water, plant disease and persistence of pests. In northern climates farmers are confined to one harvest per year. Greenhouse farming has evolved to control many of these variables, but has remained a niche market due to high utility energy and construction costs and yesterday’s technology. Until now, year-around greenhouse farming has eluded most farmers in wintry regions. Soil scientists tell us that of all the variables that affect a successful harvest, soil conditions are key. The SunScience EMS system introduces farmers to integrated management of soil temperature, water usage, humidity, Ph factor and other variables within greenhouses, thereby creating optimal growing conditions.
Here’s how greenhouse farmers can benefit from the SunScience system:
• up to two additional harvests, with corresponding increase in farm revenue,
• conservation of water usage,
• control over the greenhouse climate during winter, mitigating frost damage,
• optimizing soil conditions for temperature, humidity, Ph and other factors,
• ability to grow and sell vegetables off-season – locally,
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• in-market proof of that CEA greenhouse farming is achievable with the SSC system and
• evidence that SSC’s energy management systems has applicability to future SSC products and markets.
SSC is a Reno-based energy solutions company with deep experience in systems integration and computer science. Their Energy Management System (EMS) is a hybrid solar energy power system (DG-1) that produces heat (thermal) or electricity (concentrated photovoltaic), on a compact footprint. Systems integration architecture enables additional energy sources such as batteries, wind turbines or generators, as well as data from sensor networks that measure environmental data. What’s most unique is SSC’s proprietary software (Data Communications System) that monitors – and controls -- critical elements of energy output, storage and environmental metrics, for total systems management. SSC’s first application of EMS is to achieve controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) within greenhouses. The pilot test that began with plantings last October at the DTR in Lovelock, NV, was a success, resulting in red ripe tomatoes in January. Here’s a video from the project launch in October.
U.S. Congressman Mark Amodei, Nevada state senator Don Gustavson and U. S. Senator Dean Heller all attended the project test “harvest” day on January 29 at the DTR in Lovelock. After picking the first tomato, here’s what Senator Heller had to say about the prospects for SunScience’s EMS, “SunScience has all the elements necessary to support economic recovery in Nevada: manufacturing a product 'made in Nevada' and a technology that capitalizes on solar energy that Nevada has in abundance.”
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As a result of this validation, SSC’s president Richard Kelsey is very optimistic, saying ”We’re now able to launch a technology that is going to dramatically increase food production, and energy management globally. A technology that can extend beyond greenhouse farming, to entirely new markets. This is why we were just selected as ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by the Reno Gazette Journal.”
After seeing ripe tomatoes on his vine in January, here’s what DTR owner John Shank had to say, " As the Research Center for SunScience, we find that their system exceeds our expectations.”
About the DoubleTree Ranch. For the last three years the DTR has been producing naturally grown produce for sale at Farmers Markets, local restaurants and Co-Ops. Certified by the Nevada Department of Agriculture, the farm is also a member of NevadaGrown and the Nevada Farmers Market Association. Owners John and Carol Shank can be contacted at [email protected].
About SunScience Corporation: SSC’s Energy Management System (EMS) is the first of its kind in the industry. The initial focus is on greenhouse energy management, however other products in the pipeline are (1) a Mobile Municipal System (MMS) that delivers electricity, clean/hot water, and communications for (off grid) military use, disaster areas, or remote villages and (2) electric vehicle charging stations. For general information about SunScience visit their website. To purchase the SunScience greenhouse system or to explore investment opportunities, contact president Dick Kelsey by email: [email protected] or by phone (800-949-1891).
Media Contact:
David L. Roberts
Marketing Green Power
775-354-1694
[email protected]
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Proof that tomatoes can be grown locally in the deep of winter
with SunScience’s solar energy management system
Reno, NV, February 6 – It is now possible to have locally grown tomatoes and other high value produce in northern Nevada -- in January. This has been proven by the joint efforts of SunScience Corporation (SSC) and the DoubleTree Ranch (DTR) research facility in Lovelock, NV. Together they launched a Controlled-Environment Agriculture (CEA) project using SSC’s Energy Management System (EMS), in partnership with Doubletree’s greenhouse farming operations. The project began with first plantings in early October 2011 to accomplish two goals: to unveil and test SSC’s EMS and to dramatically extend the growing season for year around planting. When presented with the first ripe tomato January 29, U.S. Congressman Mark Amodei said, “it's great to see SunScience bring a combination of technology, renewable resources and increased agriculture production to Nevada, and across the country.”
Traditional (uncovered) farming is at the mercy of weather, availability of water, plant disease and persistence of pests. In northern climates farmers are confined to one harvest per year. Greenhouse farming has evolved to control many of these variables, but has remained a niche market due to high utility energy and construction costs and yesterday’s technology. Until now, year-around greenhouse farming has eluded most farmers in wintry regions. Soil scientists tell us that of all the variables that affect a successful harvest, soil conditions are key. The SunScience EMS system introduces farmers to integrated management of soil temperature, water usage, humidity, Ph factor and other variables within greenhouses, thereby creating optimal growing conditions.
Here’s how greenhouse farmers can benefit from the SunScience system:
• up to two additional harvests, with corresponding increase in farm revenue,
• conservation of water usage,
• control over the greenhouse climate during winter, mitigating frost damage,
• optimizing soil conditions for temperature, humidity, Ph and other factors,
• ability to grow and sell vegetables off-season – locally,
-2-
• in-market proof of that CEA greenhouse farming is achievable with the SSC system and
• evidence that SSC’s energy management systems has applicability to future SSC products and markets.
SSC is a Reno-based energy solutions company with deep experience in systems integration and computer science. Their Energy Management System (EMS) is a hybrid solar energy power system (DG-1) that produces heat (thermal) or electricity (concentrated photovoltaic), on a compact footprint. Systems integration architecture enables additional energy sources such as batteries, wind turbines or generators, as well as data from sensor networks that measure environmental data. What’s most unique is SSC’s proprietary software (Data Communications System) that monitors – and controls -- critical elements of energy output, storage and environmental metrics, for total systems management. SSC’s first application of EMS is to achieve controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) within greenhouses. The pilot test that began with plantings last October at the DTR in Lovelock, NV, was a success, resulting in red ripe tomatoes in January. Here’s a video from the project launch in October.
U.S. Congressman Mark Amodei, Nevada state senator Don Gustavson and U. S. Senator Dean Heller all attended the project test “harvest” day on January 29 at the DTR in Lovelock. After picking the first tomato, here’s what Senator Heller had to say about the prospects for SunScience’s EMS, “SunScience has all the elements necessary to support economic recovery in Nevada: manufacturing a product 'made in Nevada' and a technology that capitalizes on solar energy that Nevada has in abundance.”
-3-
As a result of this validation, SSC’s president Richard Kelsey is very optimistic, saying ”We’re now able to launch a technology that is going to dramatically increase food production, and energy management globally. A technology that can extend beyond greenhouse farming, to entirely new markets. This is why we were just selected as ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by the Reno Gazette Journal.”
After seeing ripe tomatoes on his vine in January, here’s what DTR owner John Shank had to say, " As the Research Center for SunScience, we find that their system exceeds our expectations.”
About the DoubleTree Ranch. For the last three years the DTR has been producing naturally grown produce for sale at Farmers Markets, local restaurants and Co-Ops. Certified by the Nevada Department of Agriculture, the farm is also a member of NevadaGrown and the Nevada Farmers Market Association. Owners John and Carol Shank can be contacted at [email protected].
About SunScience Corporation: SSC’s Energy Management System (EMS) is the first of its kind in the industry. The initial focus is on greenhouse energy management, however other products in the pipeline are (1) a Mobile Municipal System (MMS) that delivers electricity, clean/hot water, and communications for (off grid) military use, disaster areas, or remote villages and (2) electric vehicle charging stations. For general information about SunScience visit their website. To purchase the SunScience greenhouse system or to explore investment opportunities, contact president Dick Kelsey by email: [email protected] or by phone (800-949-1891).
Media Contact:
David L. Roberts
Marketing Green Power
775-354-1694
[email protected]
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