Dairy and Creamery Will be Solar-Powered
Posted: November 17, 2008
The Delaware based Woodside Farm and Creamery will soon be powered solely by a solar-energy power plant that should eventually provide up to 85 percent of the farm’s power.
“I’ve always liked the idea of being a little independent,” said Jim Mitchell, whose family has owned and operated Woodside Farm since 1796.
When the 112-kilowatt power plant goes online in the coming weeks, Woodside Farm will be the largest solar-powered commercial venture in the state, said Delaware Energy Office spokeswoman Rachel Marcus, who noted a rise in the number of photovoltaic solar cells being installed in the state’s homes and businesses.
Crews from Sun Technics/Conergy Inc. have been on the site since August, drilling footers, pouring foundations and erecting eight arrays of solar-collecting panels. Each of the eight arrays is 75 feet long and 12 feet wide.
The system at the farm is known as a net metering system that feeds electricity directly into Delmarva Power’s power grid
Solar inverters are attached to each array to change the solar-generated direct current (DC) into alternating current (AC) that flows in the grid. The final step in the process is for Delmarva Power to install two-way meters at the site, said company spokeswoman Bridget Shelton.
The two-way meter runs backward as well as forward, she said, tracking the electricity that the farm pours into the grid as well as the current it takes away.
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June 12, 2010 @ 10:47 pm
Hmm! what a technology advancement some things which are happening is unimaginable these days.