Solar Irrigation

Why Go Solar

Need to install or retrofit a solar water pumping solution? Here’s some information you will need to know to get started.

Remote water pumping is one of the most practical and cost-effective uses of solar energy today. Solar electric power systems designed for water pumping have no moving parts or batteries. When the sun shines, the system pumps water. Typically water requirements peak in the summer months when free available energy from the sun is most abundant.

Recent improvements in solar technology along with significant price reductions have made even large scale solar water pumping projects practical. Remote systems using pumps up to 250Kw can be upgraded from diesel power to clean and cost effective solar energy.

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Where exact water volumes are critical, a secondary generator can be employed to insure operation even on days when solar resources are unavailable. Solar powered pumping systems also substantially lower operating costs by significantly reducing fuel, maintenance, and labor costs.

We incorporate the following pump types depending on system requirements and application needs: Small DC submersibles, Small DC booster pumps, Medium Submersible Pumps, DC or AC powered, 1Kw up to 250Kw, Large AC submersible pumps with controller.

Our solar water pumping solutions include the following:

Complete system engineering
Solar pumps and controllers
Solar modules
Solar support structures
Solar wiring and accessories

Information Needed to Size a Solar Water Pumping System

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Solar Makes More Economic Sense Now Than Ever Before

The days when solar power was the domain of survivalists and the super-rich are over. Going solar is more affordable and makes economic sense if you’re looking to save on, or even eliminate, your monthly electric bill. There are two main drivers for this incredible upward shift in solar power adoption.

TWO MAIN REASONS FOR THE SPIKE IN SOLAR POWER ADOPTION:

Solar technology has advanced to the point where panels are mass-produced across the globe, increasing market competition and lowering prices for installers like us, who can pass on those savings to our customers. The price of solar has decreased 10-fold over the last 20 years — that’s like a car that cost $100,000 10 years ago that now would cost only $10,000.
It’s an investment that saves you a lot of money and pays for itself in the long run. Solar customers can expect to pay off the cost of their system in a relatively short period of time.

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False Bore Pump Producing I Million Litres a Day Completed in North Qld

When an initial site visit was arranged on this property outside Collinsville the owner enquired about solar powering an irrigation pump which at that time was being powered by the SWER line or a mobile diesel powered pump. Both of these applications ( as most owners will tell you) require lots of maintenance and lots of money to run.

Now solar power and solar pumps have been around for a long time but mainly in small configurations for supplying water for stock etc, so it came as a bit of a shock when the owner said he wanted to pump 1.2 megalitres of water per day from a riverbed, up a 30 metre rise and then 1 km to the holding dam.

Many man hours went into engineering the components (see below for technical specs). The installation took about a week and was commissioned in early November 2015. Some fine tuning was required on the solar side which now gives the owner up to 10 hours of run time on clear days and 4 to 7 hours on cloudy days. It was an amazing feeling when the ABB pump drive was powered up for the first time and beautiful clear water was seen exiting the pipe nearly one kilometre away.

We believe that with the successful installation of this ground breaking solar pump we can offer irrigators the opportunity to power their operations efficiently and more importantly without another fuel bill.

Technical Specs for False Bore Pump.

Solar System Consisted of:

144 x 305 watt phono panels configured in 8 strings producing 44 kw of dc output.
Grace ground mount system with added pest barriers set north facing at 20 degrees
ABB solar pump drive acsm1-04as-060a. (30kw)

False Bore Pump Consisted of:

2m long piece of 400mm pe pipe drilled with 20mm holes overlaid with 3mm aperture stainless steel mesh with a 250 mm tee branch centrally located to be joined to a 6m straight length of 250mm sdr 17 poly pipe which will house the pump.
The casing and screen are joined using a flanged connection with glass resin backing rings and 316ss bolts for maximum corrosion resistance.
The use of the tee strainer minimises the depth required for the installation of the casing while using 400mm pipe ensures a large surface area and low velocities minimising the chance of blockage.
The screen and casing was gravel backed with 90 tonnes of 14mm gravel which assists with fine particle filtering.
Submersible pump is a Grundfos sp125-2 304ss supplied with a 22kw 415v 3ph electric motor requiring a minimum of 12.2kw and a maximum of 18.4kw. Flows range from 100m3/hr to 130m3/hr.

The pump is suspended from a 250mm ss bore cap with a 25mm bsp socket for the cable gland.

This system was designed specifically for this river system which can rise 30 metres above the pump head in the wet season.

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