Solar powered dairies
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I had the pleasure of visiting a couple dairies in California last month (March 2009) who installed solar power on their operations. It’s exciting to think that the sun is being harnessed to power these operations.
Scott Brothers Dairy in Moreno Valley, Calif., put in its first solar array this past year. Scott Brothers put the top of their existing commodity shed to use, and installed the solar array there. The commodity shed wasn’t constructed with solar in mind, but the dairy brought in an engineer to install structural improvements so they could mount the array on the roof.
At Elkhorn Dairy in Visalia, Calif., they have a 1-megawatt system in place that provides 80 percent of the dairy’s electricity. The system at Elkhorn Dairy sits between the dairy’s above-ground lagoon and irrigation canal, about a five-acre area. Elkhorn Dairy’s solar panels track the movement of the sun.
Both dairies took advantage of state and federal incentives to install their solar arrays.
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yes i believe this is a way to cut the cost of opperations of the farm. allowing some cushen to the very hard hit declines in the milk industry price's. sorry if i;m kinda bold for saying this but i think that all dairy farms should use a multi source's base of energy to cut exspences in cost for energy and fee's to haul of usefull material's. Do not have my own farm at this time but i have breifly studyed the up to date trend in the market both wholesale and retail. I hope to aquasition a farm this year. If the all father will grant it. very hopefull I'am w.wingate
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