{"id":11520,"date":"2026-07-02T17:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eren-buildings.com\/?post_type=realisation&p=11520"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:56:07","slug":"bessieres-greenhouses","status":"publish","type":"realisation","link":"https:\/\/eren-buildings.com\/en\/projects\/bessieres-greenhouses\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessi\u00e8res greenhouses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bessi\u00e8res greenhouses<\/H1>\n

Lost heat from an incinerator put to work for agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n

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Market-garden greenhouses<\/P>\n

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Background<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Recovery of waste heat from the Bessi\u00e8res energy-from-waste plant (196,000 t\/year of waste) to supply renewable cooling to the Serres de Bessi\u00e8res greenhouses (10 ha, 6,000 t of tomatoes\/year). LH2C (Low Heat to Cold) technology: charging and discharging on the same site. A local circular economy between a waste heat producer and an agricultural cooling consumer. Financing: Water Horizon + ADEME.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Thanks to its agricultural heritage, Bessi\u00e8res is ideally placed to host an innovative project aimed at establishing a local, sustainable circular economy linking producers of residual heat with consumers of cooling.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Bessi\u00e8res Energy-from-Waste plant (UVE) is a household waste treatment centre.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The facility processes around 196,000 tonnes of waste each year, producing electricity and heat.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Part of this heat is used through a heating network for market-garden greenhouses. However, recovery remains limited and a large share of this heat is still lost and released into the air.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Les Serres de Bessi\u00e8res, located a few hundred metres from the plant, is a market-gardening business specialising in greenhouse tomato production. The greenhouses cover 10 hectares of land, with average annual production of 6,000 tonnes of tomatoes. The need to maintain a suitable temperature to preserve the tomatoes raises a major environmental challenge: substantial cooling needs. Refrigeration systems, while essential to preserving tomato quality, contribute to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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With its \u201cLow Heat to Cold\u201d (LH2C) thermal battery technology, Water Horizon will distribute renewable cooling from the plant\u2019s waste heat.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The LH2C battery is charged with heat from the plant. Once full, it is used on the same site to supply cooling.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Bessi\u00e8res plant:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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