Solar 101
October 20th, 2021
Join RR2CS and Nicholas Kwan Wong of
Solar Alberta to discuss everything you need to know right now about solar energy in Alberta .
EP42 On-Farm Solar 2.0
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Cutting hay is not the only thing an agricultural producer can do these days when the sun is shining. A crash course in on-farm solar from A-Z with Lee Sinal of KCP Energy.
Solar Installations on the Farm
September 16th, 2021
Join us and Lee Sinal of KCP Energy to discuss solar installations on the farm.
Low-Carbon Market Gardening – Northern Lights Fruits & Vegetable Co. – Manning, AB
Part of Dan and Louise’s vision for Northern Lights was minimizing their impact on the environment and producing good, nutritious food as sustainably as possible. “We wanted to minimize our carbon footprint to the greatest extent possible,” says Dan. “Solar was a very natural path, or direction to move in.”
Before leaving Edmonton, the couple took a course in Solar Energy to learn some of the basics in order to familiarize themselves with considerations and different technologies. When designing their farm, they identified different energy needs on the land. Dan says he spent a great deal of time researching different solar technologies for specific tasks, say, running water pumps, or running electric fences, when he had an important realization.
