Harnessing of geothermal energy for a greenhouse in Ecuador employing a heat pump: design, construction, and feasibility assessment.

Globally, the greenhouses' farming area comprises 500 000 ha, and they efficiently produce more than half of the vegetables consumed around the world. Nevertheless, high-yield crops tend to be incredibly energy-intensive. This study proposes designing and building a coupled geothermal heat pump for a 470 m greenhouse in the Andean zone conditions addressing a requirement of 15 °C at night and 30 °C during the day.