CSU offers free solar assessments for animal feeding operations in Colorado

    Colorado State University’s Rural Energy Center is offering free solar energy assessments for Colorado animal feeding operations. The assessments will provide feedlots and diversified farms that include livestock with estimated system sizes, costs, savings and other information needed to decide whether investing in a solar array is a sound investment.
    Solar systems could be installed on buildings, open space or even as shade structures over open feedlots. The solar arrays to be evaluated would be tied into the grid and used to offset the electricity costs of pumping water, lighting, ventilation or other agricultural uses.
    The timing of the project is driven by a few factors. Costs for solar panels have decreased by 75 percent in the last five years. The 30 percent federal tax credit for solar will be reduced after 2019.
 

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