Brite participated in FoodTechIL 2018

Transparent solar panels seen from below

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Tel Aviv | Israel 7 May | Shlomo Group Arena

FoodTech IL is the main event of the Israeli FoodTech ecosystem (previously called The Annual FoodTech Symposium).

Along with the community, the event has grown over the years from a few dozen to several hundred participants.FoodTech IL 2018 will bring the entire community – entrepreneurs, investors, food industry executives, government officials, researches and service providers, together under one roof. Our focus for this year’s event is on connecting Israeli FoodTech innovators with global F&B companies and international investors.

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Where the electricity goes

Power generated on a greenhouse roof is usually consumed on site. Climate control, irrigation pumps, ventilation and supplementary lighting all draw during the same daylight hours when the glazing produces, so much of the output never touches the grid.

That self-consumption is what makes the economics work. Electricity used where it is generated is worth the retail price rather than the feed-in tariff, and it avoids both transmission losses and the connection queues that hold up ground-mounted projects.