A renewables startup connected to Purdue University has created a solar microgrid which delivers power to an Indiana farming operation.
Emergency Solar Energy completed the 95-kW system in Greensburg, Decatur County. The microgrid consists of a 65-kW, bifacial ground-mount solar array and 30-kW energy storage system.
The Purdue release about the project estimated it would offset nearly 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the system’s lifetime.
The solar and storage microgrid serves Corya System’s PCF crop production facility. The setup includes charging stations ready when electric vehicles replace the farm’s gas-powered vehicles over time, according to the release.
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"This microgrid solution uses solar energy plus energy storage along with being connected to the REMC, or Rural Electric Membership Corp., utility grid," Jeremy Lipinski, managing partner at Emergency Solar Energy, said in a statement. "It optimizes the farm's energy use of the lowest-cost source of energy at any moment, thereby reducing the energy costs and fixing an increasing input."
It was the company’s first system with multiple resources for power generation. Emergent’s headquarters is located in the Purdue Research Park in West Layayette, Indiana.
For more on the Emergency Solar Indiana Microgrid project, click here to see the Purdue University story.
