WORLD FIRSTS AT AGROTICA EXPOSITION

Greek Company covers greenhouse with new generation photovoltaics
Third generation photovoltaics manufactured entirely bey Greek company OET, based in Thessaloniki, cover for the first time worldwide a greenhouse , built by “Geothermiki S.A” .
This innovative application is displayed on a 12X15X9 greenhouse in the B7 outdoors area of Agrotica, next to Pavillions 2,16 and 10.
This new generation photovoltaics are very light (weighing 500 grams/m2), semi-transparent, able to generate energy on both of their sides, have low installation cost, are recyclable and can be controlled from long distances; a feature which makes them very unique.

This coating of greenhouses with organic photovoltaics so as to render them energy autonomous is made possible through the European program ‘Agrores’ under the NSRF.
As the Director of the AUTH Nanotecnology Laboratory, LTFN , Professor Stergios Logothetidis explains “with the aid of Nanotechnology, we are able to generate 10 kW per acre , a remarkable feat if one takes into consideration that 1/3 of greenhouse operating cost goes into the energy it consumes”.
On the “Geothermiki S.A” side, CEO Giannis Batsis explains that the shading created by the organic photovoltaics covering the greenhouse, increases tomato yield by about 20% , yet another benefit of this application.
Nikos Karagiorgos, OET’s Marketing & Sales Manager and Vaggelis Tekeridis, OET’s Production Manager, explained that the company has international partnerships that keep expanding as OET is the only one of its kind globally.
“We are able to print energy and do so using 100% Greek Technology” , they said. Professor Stergios Logothetidis, Director of the Nanotechnology Laboratory LTFN l delivered a speech on “ Nanotechnology in the service of Agriculture and Agricultural Production. Printed Organic Photovoltaics and OLEDs for energy, lighting and product packaging sensors”; (Friday January 31 in Agrotica)