Chile Uses Solar Energy to Power Agricultural Irrigation Systems
An area in northern Chile has created a novel solution to their agricultural irrigation needs. Why not power water pumps with natural sunlight?
Four new solar powered irrigation systems were developed by a team consisting of Chile’s National Energy Commission along with Chile’s Agriculture Ministry and a regional government. Each system has a generator that can produce up to 500 Watts of energy. When there is not a need for irrigation, the energy produced by the solar power systems goes back into the general electricity grid.
