Offgrid food, medicine, water and energy security. I would predict that with climate change acceleration climate-controlled growing environments will become more popular and possibly essential in some areas.
Polycarbonate panels should be hailstone proof. Alternatively, if hailstones are definitely no problem, ClearVue glass panels with embedded PV cells or Panasonic/other Semi-Transparent Perovskite Solar Cell (ST-PSC) glass panels - no rooftop solar PV panel(s) needed and could connect directly to the power bank. There's also the issue of cleaning the glass panels if dust is a problem and besides, possibly overkill for the power requirements.
Heating overnight
- Boulder Biochar Barrel (BBB) (modded)
- oil drum on its side
- 2 modded kegs for retorts which slide in via the oven door
- oven door and air vents at front end
- chimney-> outside the greenhouse
- biochar concrete poured around the barrel in a block for thermal mass which heats up and slowly releases the heat overnight +
- heat exchanger at end of barrel for additional cogen (if the sun aint shining and the battery runs out - although, could have a couple of extra battery modules charged up
when there is sunshine for backup, assuming an Airbase Duo/Quad is used)-> thermoacoustic Stirling Engine->Airbase duo/quad power bank (Kickstarter)->power to LED lights (at night) and
fans (during the day if heat needs to be removed from the greenhouse)
- runs quiet: heat->sound (acoustical resonance)->electricity->power bank
- output of BBB: heat, electricity and Biochar!
Not the cheapest greenhouse around - maybe one for those pesky Martians (or a wealthy desert dweller). But don't get me wrong - this is just the whole suite of potential tech (and there's more). Modules/components of this design could be integrated into existing or new greenhouses. Very scalable too!
REFERENCES
https://www.source.co/how-hydropanels-work/
https://www.hpbiochar.com/boulder-biochar-barrel
https://www.clearvuepv.com/for-customers/greenhouses/
https://www.p-perovskite.com/en/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/decarbonventure/decarbon-venture-dcv-airbase-solar-generator?ref=discovery_category
Note NASA is suggesting that electricity could be produced from natural gas in combination with the TASE to power and heat homes. They also say the TASE could use any heat source. So, as referenced on the 'CharGen' page, a TLUD could be used, or in the case of the 'Greenerhouse', a Boulder Biochar Barrel with heat exchanger.