How could agents coordinate energy systems?
Connect existing software, forecasts, market data and grid information through APIs, MCP servers and tool calling. Design an agent architecture for a coordinated energy decision.
One-day AI hackathon
Can greenhouses help ease grid congestion?
Team up to design agentic AI systems that help greenhouses balance crop needs with grid limits.
For students, researchers, growers and industry professionals.
- Coding is optional
- Teams form on the day
· 09:30–17:00 CET
Wageningen University & Research
Register for 8 December
€4,500 in prizesAcross three winning concepts
In English · Free lunch, snacks and coffee
An opportunity for
Agentic AI.
Greenhouses consume, but also generate and store energy. Combined heat and power (CHP), batteries and thermal storage offer flexibility, but coordination is an open challenge.
How to deal with changing weather and energy prices while keeping crops healthy and working within the limits of the electricity grid. During this hackathon, we'll explore where AI agents could help and how.
Where should agent autonomy end?
Explore how energy managers understand, supervise, approve and override agent decisions. Decide what agents can do autonomously and how people can step in when needed.
How to keep agents safe and reliable?
Make sure the system respects grid limits, battery capacity and crop needs, even when things change or go wrong. How can we test if it works and compare it against today’s simpler rule-based approach.
Bring a question.
Find people to work on it with.
Use the day to explore a thesis topic, test a research assumption with practitioners or work through an energy decision you face in a greenhouse.
Work in energy or horticulture? Bring your industry challenges to the table, share your expertise, explore innovative solutions and collaborations with fellow experts & students.
Who should join?
MSc students, PhD candidates, researchers, growers, energy managers and industry specialists.
AI & software
Agent design, data and systems integration
Energy & electrical engineering
Grid operation, energy markets and flexibility
Greenhouse horticulture
Cultivation, operations and energy management
People & design
Human–AI interaction, behavioural science and systems design
Bring your energy challenge.
Build your next collaboration.
Spend a day with people who grow crops, manage energy and design AI systems. Turn a greenhouse energy question into a concept you can present.