Title
SAFE Caithness Renewables
CoPED ID
7c23f4b5-aa17-4c38-aa65-f70eb9fef265
Status
Closed
Value
£25,000
Start Date
Feb. 1, 2013
End Date
July 31, 2013
Description
SaFE, or Sustainability and Food from Energy, will use year round waste heat from an adjacent CHP/ pelleting plant development to enhance the production of vegetables in polytunnels. Markets of interest include local vegetable sales, reducing food miles, and export potential from products processed from SaFE plants.Project development work includes formulation of the growing programme that will consider high value products filling Scottish supply chain gaps, refining of calculations for the heat and light requirements for the polytunnels, designing of polytunnel layout and heat transfer arrangements, and final plant selection related to the heat availability programme and light restrictions.
| CAITHNESS RENEWABLES LTD | LEAD_ORG |
| CAITHNESS RENEWABLES LTD | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
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Subjects by relevance
- Plant production
- Food production
- Food supply chains
- Sustainable development
- Heat transfer
- Sustainable use
- Vegetable products
- Supply chains
- Value chains
- Plants
- Light foods
Extracted key phrases
- SAFE Caithness Renewables
- Adjacent CHP/ pelleting plant development
- Year round waste heat
- SaFE plant
- Heat availability programme
- Heat transfer arrangement
- Final plant selection
- Project development work
- Local vegetable sale
- High value product
- Polytunnel layout
- Scottish supply chain gap
- Food