Controlled Environment Agriculture Market Characterization Report: Supply Chains, Energy Sources and Uses, and Barriers to Efficiency

Controlled Environment Agriculture Market Characterization Report Supply Chains, Energy Sources and Uses, and Barriers to Efficiency

Prepared in partnership with: The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy in support of the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service Conservation Innovation Grant funded project, Data-Driven Market Transformation for Controlled Environment Agriculture

Market Characterization Report:

The research objectives for this market characterization report were the following:

1. Describe the supply chain, key market actors, barriers to energy efficiency, and the best leverage points for market interventions;
2. Describe the energy used by producers (including on-site renewable energy, microgrids, and back-up generation);
3. Describe the energy and non-energy benefits realized through implementation of efficiency project
4. Identify key market baselines to be used in evaluating the impact of the market transformation initiative over time.