Net Metering

Renewable Energy Solutions

Problems

• high electricity costs

Solution

Solar generation can be used on the farm or sent back into the grid for a credit which can be used over the following 12 months. Ideally the solar system is sized to produce enough power to cover the electrical needs of the whole facility for a year, when the sun is shining the system is over producing and pushing back to the grid so that when the sun goes down that electricity can be pulled back from the grid. The grid in this case acts as the battery for the system. This type of system requires approvals and studies by the local utility to determine how it effects their system and other customers, there are also constraints on the size of the solar facility which can prevent them from being sized to produce enough energy to net-zero a consumer.

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