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Green-powered irrigation at Tångagård
In early 2024, a floating solar park was installed next to Tångagård's pump house — 100 kWp powering the farm's irrigation pumps with solar electricity.
Annual output equivalent to 5–10 households
The system consists of 42 modules and 126 bifacial panels with a total capacity of 100 kWp, covering nearly 500 square metres of water surface. Estimated annual production is equivalent to the yearly energy demand of five to ten single-family homes.
The bifacial panels harvest light from both the front and back faces and take full advantage of reflections from the pond's surface. Thanks to that design the system generates more energy than traditional solar installations, increasing overall efficiency.
Placed directly next to the pump house
The system is strategically placed immediately next to Tångagård's pump house, making it possible to run the farm's pumps directly on solar electricity. It is anchored with Sunsurf Solar's patented mooring system, which handles significant water-level variation and is particularly well suited to irrigation ponds.
By adopting the solution, Tångagård has not only reduced energy costs but taken another step towards more sustainable food production. The installation improves the farm's self-sufficiency and makes it possible to produce green electricity without affecting cultivated land or compromising food production.
It is interesting to produce renewable energy on a surface that cannot produce anything else. I am fairly tired of solar parks on agricultural land. But having them on a surface that cannot generate anything else, and that also reduces evaporation, is just great.