Toronto-based CO2 GRO Inc (GROW). has announced a commercial feasibility of a CO2 delivery solutions system with a Japan-based greenhouse grower
The grower is an agriculture innovator in Japan with its high-tech Controlled Environment Agriculture facilities (CEA).
The commercial feasibility will be conducted in a section of one of the company’s commercial greenhouses for up to twelve months. The CO2 Delivery Solutions system will utilise an existing overhead irrigation boom to apply the CO2 saturated solution mist on the plants. The primary focus of the commercial feasibility is to assess CO2 Delivery Solutions impact on life cycle acceleration enabling more harvest turns, increased biomass growth and CO2 usage.
Japan’s commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Japan presented its new “Green growth strategy through achieving carbon neutrality in 2050” in December 2020. The strategy is specifically designated as an industrial policy and promotes the creation of a virtuous cycle of economic growth and environmental protection, together with the business community that also includes agriculture.
Dr Toyoki Kozai, professor emeritus at Chiba University stated at a CEA conference that, “The average greenhouse floor area in Japan is 0.5 hectares, compared to 10-50 hectares in the Netherlands. Scarcity of land in both countries has led to their high tech indoor ag focus”.
Aaron Archibald, vice-president sales and strategic alliances, stated, “This is our first Japanese project to showcase our CO2 Delivery Solutions benefits. In our Q1 2021 MD&A we mentioned our 2021 objectives to include opening up Japan and Spain protected ag markets and finalising a Mexico marketing partner which we have now done. We are comfortable based on our ever-increasing feasibility data that our technology will provide the desired plant yield and pathogen protection while reducing their ecological footprint.”
