facebook info@sunfarming.de +49 3362 / 88 59 120 PV-Login Home News news 23 Nov sunfarming covid-19 response programme for south africa By U. Eckmann FEED, Food & Energy, South Africa during the two-year project period (2021/22), 28.8 million servings of vitality porridge will be distributed to over 10,000 school children and 50,000 family members, 40 school gardens will be created and more than 1,260 unemployed people will receive training on how to become self-employed. "To date, we have trained 685 potential new gardeners in the SF Community Entrepreneur training programme. We have created new school gardens on a total area of about 4000 m². From our first trainings at BA Saobi Secondary School in Ikageng, spinach is already being harvested and used in the school kitchen," enthuses Melanie Jooste, Team Leader SUNfarming South Africa. In addition, during the project period 2021/2022, 28.8 million servings of high-quality, healthy Vitality Porridge developed by SUNfarming will be delivered to more than 40 schools over a period of 18 months through the SF Vitality Porridge food aid programme. It will be distributed to 10,000 school children and 50,000 relatives. The SUNfarming DeveloPPP project is supported in its organisation by the June & Andrew Mlangeni Foundation, the non-profit association F.E.E.D. (Food-Energy-Education-Development e.V.) Hamburg and the F.E.E.D. NGO South Africa. (The German non-profit association FEED and its sister organisation in South Africa are additionally collecting donations from international donors, companies and foundations in order to further expand the urgently needed and sustainable development aid in South Africa in addition to the DEG project. More information on the project can be found here: 16 Nov award-winning sunfarming pv system in heinersdorf By U. Eckmann Heinersdorf a school roof in heinersdorf was equipped with 150 solar modules from sunfarming. bürgerenergie oder-spree has now been awarded a prize for the pilot project, in which the school, gymnasium and day-care centre are supplied with renewable energy by a photovoltaic system. The Ministry of Economics, Labour and Energy and the Berlin-Brandenburg regional group of the Association of Municipal Enterprises (VKU) awarded the Heinersdorf project a special prize at the Energy Efficiency Award 2021 ceremony. Heiner Kamper, project manager of SUNfarming: "The jury emphasised the high educational value for the children. Furthermore, the jury praised the project as a positive example of citizen participation in the energy transition. We congratulate Bürgerenergie Oder-Spree on this award and thank them for their trust in SUNfarming." The plant size is 47.6 KWp, the produced output is 45,000 KWh and the self-consumption for school and kindergarden is 50%. The communities bear no risk, the roofs are leased from the capital contributions of the cooperative members and supply the community with cheap, renewable energy via the SUNfarming PV system. The citizens' cooperative is planning to lease further roofs and to have them realised. 27 Sep african warmwood for south africa By U. Eckmann Food & Energy, South Africa african warmwood production is in full swing. as part of our sunfarming vitality porridge project in 2020 and our new covid19 responses program, african warmwoodis a component of the vitality-promoting food along with turmeric or ginger and supports the body's defenses. The pictures show some of the steps in the production process: Trainees receive hands-on instruction in the selection and proper sorting of harvested mugwort. Afterwards, the mugwort is gently dried slowly at below 40 degrees in special drying houses powered by solar energy. Slow drying is crucial for the active ingredient content. After drying, the mugwort is sorted again and then ground into a fine powder. The finished powder is filled into bags or buckets and delivered to a food factory for further processing. 21 Sep sunfarming home solar for gold winner By U. Eckmann Ronald Rauhe, SF Home Solar ronald rauhe, exceptional athlete in canoe racing and multiple olympic, world and european champion, has fulfilled his professional dream of winning gold in tokyo in the canoe quad. rauhe also relies on quality in his private life. his electricity is supplied by a powerful home solar system from sunfarming which was successfully installed in 2021. The yield: PV generator energy (AC grid) 11,092 kWh Direct self-consumption 3.325 kWh Battery charging 2.320 kWh Grid feed-in 5,446 kWh Own consumption share 50.8 % Avoided CO₂ emissions 5,279 kg/year 14 Sep sunfarming food & energy research and innovation center By U. Eckmann Food & Energy, Rathenow eight buildings on a total of 15,550 sqm form the new sunfarming food & energy research and innovation center in rathenow in brandenburg. 5 innovative research projects will be realized here in the coming years: 1. Biofertilizer from fermentation residues: Development of a solar-powered process to process digestate from biogas plants and produce liquid biofertilizer 2. PV cooling mat: Solar power generation by cooling PV modules using innovative cooling mats and combined use of heat potential (PV cooling mat) 3. Artemisia annua cultivation: Sustainable cultivation for ecological and economical cultivation of Artemisia Annua in partially shaded agri-solar systems 4. Aquaponics in PV plants: Development of an energy sustainable and resource efficient aquaculture cycle system under the partially shaded areas of Agri-Solar plants 5. Agro-robotics: Development of an autonomous agro-robot for efficient Artemisia cultivation in Agri-Solar facilities The total complex consisting of a skylight dome hall, 2 shed roof halls, 2 x light weight halls, 2 Food & Energy facilities and a social building has 730 kWp of installed PV capacity with an energy production of 690 MWh per year. 2 Sep sunfarming strengthens structure and management board By U. Eckmann sunfarming group is taking the next steps and will implement a holding structure in which the individual companies will be bundled in future. in this context, the management team of the holding company "sunfarming group ag" around peter schrum (ceo) and martin tauschke (cfo) will be supported by thies schrum as chief operating officer (coo) as of 01 september 2021. Thies Schrum will be responsible for expanding the digitalization of processes and will be heavily involved in the structuring of the sales teams. As a business economist, Thies Schrum has been working at a leading international strategy consultancy since 2017, most recently as a project manager, supporting national and international clients in the areas of strategy development and due diligence as part of M&A projects. "Through his consulting work, Thies brings experience from extensive strategy and transformation projects with international medium-sized companies and corporations. This will help us enormously to further structure and advance our chosen growth course. We are very pleased that Thies is now on board," says Martin Tauschke. "I am very happy to join our family business and to help shaping the exciting path we have taken. I look forward to working with the team and our partners," says Thies Schrum, son of Peter Schrum. 1 2 3 Next news SUNfarming COVID-19 Response Programme for South Africa 23. November 2021 Award-winning SUNfarming PV system in Heinersdorf 16. November 2021 African Warmwood for South Africa 27. 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