The countdown can start , HortiContact 2025 is just around the turning point . Next calendar week , the Evenementenhal in Gorinchem will again fill up up with horticultural provider and , hopefully , many agriculturalist . In addition to an extended expo floor with almost 300 exhibitors , there is an all-encompassing program . For example , Infrastructure & Water Management Minister Barry Madlener will present the Water Quality Innovation Award and there will be a first in the subject of container batteries .
Minister Madlener and Adri Bom - Lemstra present the Innovation Award for Water Quality at HortiContact 2025On Thursday 5 December 2024 , during HortiContact , the award for the good initiation in water system timber and water direction will be presented by Minister Barry Madlener ( Infrastructure & Water Management ) and Adri Bom - Lemstra ( chair Greenports Netherlands and Glastuinbouw Nederland ) . The award observance take place in the KasLokaal ( Energy & Sustainability Pavilion ) and highlights foundation that add to more sustainable water supply use in the greenhouse gardening sector .
First 4.5 MWh Huawei container battery in BeneluxThe horticulture sector is lay down great step in the energy transition towards sustainable and efficient energy use . During HortiContact 2025 , on 18 , 19 and 20 February , the first 4.5 MWh Huawei container battery in the Benelux will be officially sign . This tick off the start of a wider rollout , with 23 MWh of Department of Energy storehouse already on order . The quislingism between Bata Energy Solutions , Wattkraft and Huawei underlines the growing role of sustainable energy storage in the horticultural sphere
cognition sessionsDuring HortiContact , there will be the opportunity to learn about the latest founding and development in greenhouse gardening . Knowledge school term by Plant Empowerment Academy , Artechno , Beanstalk and Vertify , among others , spotlight subject such as growing system of the futurity , energy saving and the effect of sunlight on crop . Kas als Energiebron also offers a program of workshops on innovation and sustainability in the KasLokaal , a mini greenhouse in the key Energy & Sustainability pavilion .
Topics will include tools for CO₂ optimisation , digital cultivation system , energy saving , and the use of warmth ticker . These workshop are offered by Kas als Energiebron , the excogitation program of the Ministry of Agriculture , Nature and Food Quality ( LNV ) and Glastuinbouw Nederland .
HortiContact can be call on Tuesday 18 February from 10 am to 6 pm , on Wednesday 19 February from 1 pm to 9 pm and on Thursday 20 February from 10 am to 6 promethium at Evenementenhal Gorinchem .
Entrance for nursery professionals is free after pre - enrolment .
For more info : HortiContactFranklinweg 24207 HZ GorinchemTel : +31 ( 0 ) 523 289 813www.horticontact.nl
