Rizal Philippines |December 20, 2014
Dankoff Solar Pumps for Irrigation
From Energy Matters on Solar Pump
Agriculture solar for ranches, big farms
Another area where solar power can be tops is in irrigation. It can provide unlimited free power for irrigation of farms in distant locations. While the gasoline and diesel powered pumps can be much cheaper initially, say less than P20,000 (using Robin gas engine with attached pumps all ready) a solar powered pumps can cost as much as $1,500 (roughly P75,000) and certainly not affordable for many farmers. But the diesel ex pump of P40.00 per liter can cost as much as P100.00 per liter if you consider the cost of storing and transporting the fuel to the distant location.
This makes sense in the Phil which is an agricultural country and imports most of its diesel and gasoline requirements
A typical system would include:
1. solar array,
2. electric motor
3. bore pump
Slow solar pump
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