AGIT

The consortium, consisting of a knowledge institution and 9 SMEs, is realising a series of coherent innovations in agricultural machinery.
The innovation goals:
1 Energy transition through deployment of hydrogen and battery storage
2 Adaptation climate change and war impacts
3 Improving precision and efficiency in agricultural machinery
4 Minimising emissions in arable farming
5 Strengthening economic position of agriculture and mechanisation.
Along the operations – tillage, seedbed preparation, sowing & planting, fertilisation, irrigation, weed control, harvesting – 12 innovations are being developed and built as pilots. Core is consistent reduction of energy requirements through lightweight structures and high-efficiency electric drives, powered by hydrogen and battery storage from CO2-free sources from the farm, e.g. wind or solar power. These are grafted on precision technology with sensors and smart controls, controlling machines as efficiently as possible with proprietary and foreign data.
Pilots:
-intelligent energy storage system with battery technology (WP Smart energy storage on the farm, TRL 6=>7)
-hydrogen drive with fuel cell module for tractor, soil drill, burner, two harvesters and a planter (WP Hydrogen-powered machinery, TRL 5=>7)
– CCS mobile fast charging system for agricultural implements (TRL 5=>7)
-smart digger and cultivator (WP Tillage machines TRL 6=>7)
-solar-drip irrigation system with compostable hoses (WP Crop care TRL 4=>7)
-RDME burner (WP Crop care TRL 4=>7)
-data system (WP Data TRL 5=>7)
The innovations are developed scientifically and cross-border and tested in their own fields.