Why should farmers get an onsite voltage drop calculation when they're looking to buy solar panels?

Did you know that many farmers are turning to solar energy to help reduce their overhead costs? By analysing a farm's needs and electrical infrastructure, solar solutions can be customised and optimised for maximum efficiency. Farmers are a key customer for solar energy providers, who take the time to work out what's best for their needs.

Providing solar energy to rural customers requires expertise and on-site visits to assess voltage drops and electrical infrastructure. However, by using solar energy to power bore pumps during peak solar times, farmers can offset their electricity costs and instantly reduce their overheads, resulting in a more profitable farming operation.

You know a lot of farmers do solar, and there's a lot of farmers that probably need to consider solar. It's having the information and the data to be able to monitor the solar production consumption to get the best results. So we do take time to sit down with farmers, analyse their needs, look at their electrical infrastructure and to try and maximise, you know whether it's roof space or ground mount. We have a number of solutions for farms and they're one of our great customers.

With rural customers, you know, we have to be onsite to calculate voltage drop. Some of the mains run for long distances, so we have to be careful. We can't just do a back of the envelope. We have to actually go out on site and work this out with the customer and explain what we can and can't do. So this does take time and some expertise with an electric knowledge. You know that obviously cattle drink a lot of water. We've been able to transfer that water during the day into a header tank. So that's, you know, peak solar time. So then we were able to basically run that bore pump with solar, and directly offset those costs.