An Ottawa greenhouse operation has hit a hydro snag in its attempt to mimic Mother Nature. SunTech Greenhouses in Manotick had installed a million dollar L-E-D lighting system to grow produce year round but after doing the math, the owner decided not to flip the switch.
Two years ago, SunTech installed row upon row of L-E-D lights in one and a half acres of its greenhouses. It was an expensive experiment trying to mimic Mother Nature. The problem is the sun is free; hydro not so much.
“Business dictates I cannot turn them on,” Bob Mitchell says, the owner, as he walks among thousands of tomato plants, the lighting system stretching among the plants.
“I did the math on it. I was going to be looking at in excess of a quarter of a million dollar hydro bill to do it.”
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