Wind Energy for Milking Robot | Ecoways

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Milk production and energy consumption go hand in hand. Heating, ventilation, feeding systems, lighting (and of course, milking) use electricity. Because you're working with milking robots, energy consumption is distributed consistently throughout the day, year-round. With solar panels alone, it’s easy to run out of energy.

Wind is more consistent. Day and night, summer and winter: there’s almost always wind. This means you can use a much larger portion of the generated energy directly on your property. The result: you're largely energy self-sufficient.

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Day and Night.

Your cattle determine when they are milked, so the milking robot(s) must be accessible 24/7. However, your other installations also require power day and night. Solar energy works with high peaks, which means that you feed a large part of your generation back into the grid during the day and fall short in the evening.

A farm windmill provides you with this constant energy requirement because it blows both during the day and at night. You can use the generated energy immediately.

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All Year Round.

Milk production occurs year-round. You need electricity in all seasons, and most of it during the winter months, when the sun shines less.

But wind always blows, and it blows most during the fall and winter months. This means a small wind turbine generates predictable energy year-round.

And you can use that energy directly on the farm, as you can see here.

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Wind & Solar.

Solar energy alone isn't enough to be self-sufficient. Wind energy is also required for this - so you don’t have to choose.

Pairing wind with solar gives you full coverage. We often see the best results with a mix: two-thirds wind, one-third sun. That way, you’ve got generation year-round, whatever the weather.