Agricultural Solutions
Case Study: Large Corporate Dairy Farm - Mount Gambier region.
Background
One of our many corporate dairy clients first contacted us in March 2022. We were requested to provide a solution on 3 of their dairy farms. This large corporate dairy farm were one of many different industries, feeling the pinch with the steep hike in diesel prices.
The 3 dairy farms, located within the Mount Gambier region, were predominantly powered by diesel generators due to the lack of suitable electricity grid infrastructure in the region.
Diesel generators are a high polluting, inefficient, costly way of producing power. They typically require a lot of maintenance, and pose a risk to business continuity, adding to their already expensive costs. So..
Our engineers got on site and the design phase began…
Our Solution
Our team, which has over 40 years experience in electrical engineering, created the following solution to convert 11 diesel generators into 3 highly efficient solar & battery systems:
System Design Specs:
Ground Mount Solar System
New Electrical Infrastructure To Connection Point
New Custom Built Switchboards
Conversion Of Diesel & Hydraulic Motors To Electric Motors
Site Specific Energy Management Design
What did this solution provide to our customer?
- A saving of nearly 432,000 litres of diesel per annum
- Over 10 million kilograms of carbon emissions abated from the atmosphere over the next 10 years
- Less maintenance costs per annum
- More efficient infrastructure