Energy management for agriculture
Balanced energy.Maximum yield.
Rooftop solar, Combined Heat and Power (CHP), cooling, and lighting all compete for the same grid connection. Evogrid intelligently controls the net balance of generation and consumption—ensuring your surplus power is stored, used on-site, or turned into automated revenue.
2.4 MW
of solar and CHP under smart control at a single farm
12
climate zones independently managed per crop in greenhouse horticulture
97–99%
AI forecast accuracy for generation, consumption, and pricing
The challenge
Your farm produces more energy than the grid can handle.
Curtailed solar feed-in
On sunny afternoons, the grid is often congested: your solar generation is curtailed or earns nothing—right at the exact moment your panels are performing at their best.
Simultaneous peak loads
Cooling, lighting, heating, and electric equipment often peak at the same time, yet your grid connection was sized for yesterday's operational needs. Meanwhile, securing a grid upgrade takes two to five years.
Escalating gas prices and mounting regulations
Energy prices fluctuate by the hour, tax incentives for gas consumption are disappearing, and as of 2025, growers are taxed per ton of CO₂. If you run your operations on fixed schedules, you are structurally leaving money on the table.
The platform
A single control layer for everything on the farm.
Generation, storage, and consumption no longer operate in isolation. Every asset on your farm contributes to a single, optimized energy balance.
Hardware-independent: Evogrid connects via Modbus, OCPP, and open APIs. Your climate computer stays fully in charge of what it does best—managing the perfect climate for your crops.
What Evogrid does
What Evogrid does for the agricultural sector.
A unified control layer for generation, storage, and consumption—perfectly tuned to your crops, your livestock, and your grid connection limits.
Master your net balance
Generation and consumption are continuously netted against one another. Any surplus energy is automatically stored in batteries, utilized on-site, or exported to the grid at the most profitable moment.
Precision climate and lighting per zone
Heating, cooling, and lighting operate on the most cost-effective energy profiles per crop zone—while keeping the greenhouse climate exceptionally stable.
Monetize your energy surplus
Automated energy trading sells your flexibility on the imbalance and day-ahead markets. We handle the trading, so you don't have to watch the screens.
CHP and batteries under unified control
Running hours, charging cycles, and feed-in limits are monitored and optimized centrally—ensuring you stay strictly within the limits of your grid connection.
Cost visibility per hour, per asset
See exactly what your cooling, lighting, and CHP cost—and earn—every single hour. Make decisions regarding running hours based on hard data, not gut feelings.
Simulated first, built second
Planning to add a battery or phase out your CHP? We build a digital twin of your farm to run every scenario and calculate the ROI before you invest a single euro.
Real-time insight
You know what you consume. Now see exactly what it yields.
Your entire farm's energy ecosystem in one comprehensive dashboard—from the solar panels on the roof to the cold storage in the shed.
Costs per installation, per hour
See exactly what cooling costs tonight and what your roof is earning right now. Make operational decisions based on precise financial metrics.
Cost per installation
€/hour, now
Real-time generation vs. consumption
Monitor your farm's net energy balance per 15-minute interval: instantly see whether it's best to use it, store it, or sell it.
Generation vs. consumption
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Forecast vs. Reality
Benefit from 97–99% forecasting accuracy for both generation and consumption. If an installation drifts from its expected performance, you see it today—not months later on an annual bill.
Forecast vs. actual
aligned with the growing window and the weather
Reporting & regulation
Compliance and reporting: a natural by-product of smart control.
From energy taxes to strict CO₂ targets, every regulatory scheme demands the same thing: verifiable data from certified meters. With Evogrid, you already have it—because it's the exact same data you use to run your farm.
Avoided CO₂, verified
Prove exactly how much gas and emissions you've cut using hard meter data, not rough estimates.
Avoided CO₂
Consumption and generation documented
Every kWh is metered and fully traceable per installation, forming an audit-proof foundation for every application and inspection.
Audit-ready per unit
installation · source
CHP
heat
Cooling
storage
Own generation
today
CO₂ levy calculated in advance
Since 2025, growers pay per ton of CO₂. Evogrid logs emissions per source so your first filing with the Dutch Tax Authority holds no surprises—and every cubic meter of gas you save immediately lowers your tax burden.
CO₂ levy, computed live
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Audit & subsidy ready
Automatically generate the precise meter data required for Dutch subsidy schemes (such as EIA and SDE) and environmental authority audits.
Subsidy & audit dossier
EIA / SDE basis
measured
audit dossier
export-ready
measured data per measure, ready to use
Compliance isn't a stressful project—it flows naturally from the data that runs your farm.
Why Evogrid
Engineered for the farm, not just the office.
An active farm operates completely differently than a commercial office building. Evogrid optimizes around crops, livestock, and changing seasons—covering the complex operational realities that generic EMS platforms ignore.
Crops first, always
Your climate computer remains firmly in charge; Evogrid simply directs the underlying energy strategy. Bandwidths per crop zone are treated as hard limits—no algorithm will ever compromise your climate.
Automated energy trading included
Your energy surplus is traded automatically on the day-ahead and imbalance markets. You don't need a separate trading partner, and there's absolutely nothing you need to manage manually.
Control and maintenance in one
If a cold store drifts from its parameters or a CHP falters, the platform automatically logs a planned intervention and creates a work order for your technician.
Scenarios based on your own numbers
Whether you want to phase out a CHP, add battery storage, or restructure your grid connection, we model it upfront using your historical data before you make any investments.
The solutions behind it
Built on the same building blocks as the rest of the platform.
How it works
Prove the concept, then build the solution.
We take absolutely no risks with your crops or livestock. We follow the same proven five-step process on every Evogrid site, fully modeling the results before any physical changes are made.
- 01
Business case & simulation
We build a digital twin of your farm using your actual generation, consumption, and contract data. We run custom scenarios, such as integrating a battery or decommissioning a CHP.
- 02
Implementation & data collection
We connect your solar, CHP, cooling, and lighting systems via Modbus, OCPP, and APIs. The integration is smooth; your crops won't notice a thing.
- 03
Forecasting
Our AI engine predicts generation, consumption, and pricing with 97–99% accuracy—specifically tuned to your growing windows and local weather forecasts.
- 04
Optimization
Every 5 minutes, a new control schedule is generated based on market prices, weather conditions, and crop requirements. Adjustments are executed entirely automatically.
- 05
Control, management & overview
The farm continues to run smoothly; climate and cooling systems stay strictly within your defined bandwidths. The only thing that changes is the timing of your energy consumption to maximize profit.
Frequently asked questions
The tough questions first, then the signature.
Your crops and livestock are your highest priority, so you naturally want to know exactly what the control layer touches. Here are the practical answers you need.
Curious what this deliverson your farm?
We model it on your own data and show the returns upfront. Then you decide.