The startup installs floating photovoltaic panels with integrated battery storage on horticultural water basins, converting idle surface area into a solar generator while shading the water to reduce evaporation and algae growth. The turnkey service includes engineering, installation, a cloud‑based performance dashboard, and a 15‑year warranty, delivering growers 5 %–15 % annual ROI through on‑site energy use and grid export.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Horticultural operations that rely on open water basins face high evaporation losses, algae proliferation, and temperature swings, while the basin surface remains idle in terms of energy production. These issues increase water‑use costs and limit the farm’s ability to adopt renewable power without additional land.
Solution
The company equips existing water basins with purpose‑built floating photovoltaic (PV) modules that convert the water surface into a distributed solar generator. Integrated battery storage smooths intermittent output and enables on‑site load shifting, allowing growers to power greenhouse equipment or feed excess electricity back to the grid. The system’s shading effect curtails evaporation, suppresses algae growth, and stabilises water temperature, delivering operational savings alongside clean energy. A turnkey service model handles site assessment, engineering design, installation, commissioning, and a 15‑year warranty, while a cloud‑based performance dashboard provides real‑time yield monitoring and ROI calculations. Customers typically realize an internal rate of return between 5 % and 15 % per year.
Target Audience
The primary customers are commercial horticulture growers and greenhouse operators who maintain large open‑water basins for cooling or irrigation and seek to monetize that surface while reducing water‑related losses.
Features
- Floatable, corrosion‑resistant PV panels with low‑profile mounting optimized for agricultural water basins
- Integrated lithium‑ion battery pack with smart inverter for peak‑shaving and grid‑interactive operation
- Automated performance monitoring via IoT sensors and a web dashboard delivering real‑time generation, storage state, and efficiency metrics
- Modular, plug‑and‑play design enabling rapid deployment on basins of varying sizes without civil works
- Shading architecture that reduces surface evaporation by up to 30 % and limits algae development, lowering maintenance cycles
- Thermal regulation effect that dampens water temperature fluctuations, improving crop micro‑climate stability
- Full EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) service plus 15‑year performance warranty and remote diagnostics
- Compatibility with existing horticultural control systems through standard API endpoints