As a fruit grower, energy is incredibly important. Your storage facility is the biggest energy consumer for your business. The fans also generate a lot of heat, which then needs to be removed.
When harvest time arrives, your energy consumption increases significantly. This often occurs in the fall, just as the wind picks up. A farmyard windmill is therefore the ideal solution for providing your farm with its own power. You can use the generated energy directly on your farm during these months, making you largely self-sufficient in energy.
Refrigerating fruit requires 24/7 energy. Your energy consumption therefore remains relatively constant throughout the day, even when the sun is not shining. Depending on the month, energy consumption can be either high or low.
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When it's harvest time, your energy consumption suddenly increases. From that point on, electricity will be continuously used to refrigerate the harvest until it's sold and shipped. This peak often occurs in autumn and winter, when the wind blows strongly. A small wind turbine is therefore the ideal solution to meet this energy demand.
Farmers Carin & Cato have a small windmill for preserving their potatoes:
“We use electricity to preserve our potatoes. This is mainly done during the winter, so a wind turbine was a better fit than solar panels. The turbine is always running, day and night. We're now saving significantly on our energy bill without having to worry about it.”
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