by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 25, 2023 | Energy measures, Front page
Building in wood provides a major climate benefit. When we were going to build a new dairy barn, it was a matter of course that as much of the building as possible should be made of wood. - There was never any question about whether we should build in wood when we started planning a new dairy barn in 2015. We wanted to...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 25, 2023 | Energy measures, Author bio
When we built a new milk barn at Mære in 2016, we installed heat recovery on our milk tank. A heat exchanger on the milk tank makes it possible to recover heat that we take out of the milk during cooling. We use the energy to heat water which we can use for the milking robot and...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 25, 2023 | Energy measures, Author bio
Agriculture in Trøndelag has the potential to supply as much as 2,200 GWh of energy. If we disregard bioheat, the potential is still a full 900 GWh. This is higher than the consumption of energy in the industry. Trøndelag Research and Development has carried out a study commissioned by Mære...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 25, 2023 | Energy measures, Author bio, Front page, Green plants
The greenhouse was built and put into use in 2007. It has a total floor area of 3,000 m2. Half of the area is used for plant production. The rest of the area consists of a construction hall, designed for the landscape gardeners, as well as common rooms such as changing rooms, sanitary facilities, classrooms and...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 24, 2023 | Energy measures, Author bio
Together with NTE, WEN Energy, Norsk landbruksrådgiving and Trøndelag county council, we have built an integrated solar cell system of 192 m² on our dairy cow barn. Power that is produced is delivered to the greenhouse and provides light for the Mære tomatoes. The tomatoes are grown from this year...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 24, 2023 | Energy measures, Author bio, Front page
Our ambition is to approach zero emissions from our farm operation. Through close collaboration with various knowledge communities, we will in the coming years work towards zero emissions both in buildings, in terms of energy use, measures in the barn and measures out in the fields. Mære is a pilot area in ZEN (Zero Emission...
