Oserian Development Company ’s goal of creating a carbon copy - free surroundings by 2020 has received a major boost after it was recognized as a renewable vigor champion last hebdomad .
Investment in geothermal energy to power functioning , use of electric tugboat ( cars ) to transport blossom and economic consumption of sheep to pout grass are among the initiative that have seen Naivasha - establish flower farm Oserian Development Company crowned success in the Renewable Energy class of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers ( KAM ) Energy Management Awards ( EMA ) 2019 .
Oserian Development Company Limited stave during the Kenya Association of Manufacturers ( KAM ) Energy Management Awards ( EMA ) 2019 ceremonial occasion at Safari Park hotel Nairobi
Kenya ’s old flower farm was fete among some other 20 firms recognized for exemplary measures in efficient use and generation of vigor .
Since the flower farm embraced heating of greenhouses with geothermal energy in 2001 , it has remained the only in Africa and among the large in the world , to use this power in bloom product . Oserian runs the macrocosm ’s large geothermal powered greenhouse and heyday pack planetary house .
Oserian geothermic heating system
By using geothermal heating , it has wield to tame diseases such as petal botrytis and downy mildew , two of the cracking threats to bloom yield while minimizing fungicide atomizer in the greenhouses and foreshorten cost of energy , leading to substantial contribution to a greener planet .
Thanks to geothermal , Oserian is capable to grow exclusive specialty roses like Queen of Africa and Vuvuzela which demand unequaled heating not possible under different heating systems , according to Hamish Ker , former long serving expert managing director with the farm .
Electric cars , known as tugs , that are geothermic powered are used to delight flowers from the greenhouses to the packhouse
A year ago Oserian insert electric car , know as towboat that are geothermic powered to transport bloom from the greenhouses to the packhouse , an innovation that has seen reduction in fogy fuel from Ksh 400,000 to 30,000 monthly , a monolithic savings in terms of costs and vigour pulmonary tuberculosis . Within one year of introducing the electrical vehicle , the company has been capable to preserve Ksh 1.4 million on diesel motor .
The success of this venture has seen the company mull converting their fleet to a hundred per cent electrical in the hereafter as the caller moves nigher to being a C barren business sector in 2020 .
In partnership with biological control company Madumbi and Andermatt of Switzerland - Oserian produces 10 million beneficial insects every calendar week to feed predatory bug reducing use of chemical substance and labor , contributing to a good chemical substance - detached greener environs .
Oserian has also introduce hybrid sheep that are used to keep the grass little around the glasshouse , replacing the diesel mowers . The hundreds of sheep move paddle to totter clearing grass , cast waste material that turn into manure , remove cover that harbour worm rearing grounds basically bestow to less piranha therefore less chemicals to control them .
Oserian intercrossed sheep that are used to keep the grass short around the nursery , substitute the diesel engine mowers .
“ This winnings is testament to the commitment we have for subject green energy especially in our daily operations and we are felicitous someone has recognized the effort and investment ” , order Mary Kinyua , Director of Human Resources and Administration at Oserian .
In plus , the ship’s company has squeeze a more environmentally - friendly transportation process . It has embrace cargolite , the newest flower promotion technology , in which corrugated display panel are fortify with plastic skeleton . This means a lite box , which salve on airspace and airfreight costs , resulting in reduced shock on the environment . By using the new packaging scheme , Oserian can potentially save up to $ 8,000 for every one million stems transmit to Europe .
This month , the farm is set to launch a solar plant to inject an additional 1 megawatt , enabling it to supply sufficient power for all its operations and sell to the national gridiron .
The Energy Management Awards launched in 2004 by the GEF - KAM Energy Efficiency Project seeks to recognize enterprises that have achieved outstanding energy rescue and cost reductions through meliorate utilization of energy .
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