Pure Power Distribution » farm power http://www.purepowerd.com All about Mobile Solar Power Systems Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:36:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Mobile Solar Power, diesel alternative for Agriculture http://www.purepowerd.com/blog/2009/06/mobile-solar-power-diesel-alternative-for-agriculture/ http://www.purepowerd.com/blog/2009/06/mobile-solar-power-diesel-alternative-for-agriculture/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:51:51 +0000 Christopher http://www.purepowerd.com/?p=346 Many vineyards, ranches and farms (even organic farms) need electricity to manage the operation. Whether it’s pumping water as irrigation, pumping standing water out of ditches, or many other activities that require off-grid electric power, diesel gen-sets are the typical choice. In choosing their power source, farmers, ranchers and vintners should consider the following:

  • “Diesel exhaust is the most potent carcinogen (cancer-causing substance) in air pollution. And because diesel engines are so often operated where people live, play, work or go to school, they pose particular dangers to human health.”           – Environmental Defense Fund
  • “Diesel exhaust and many individual substances contained in it (including arsenic, benzene, formaldehyde and nickel) have the potential to contribute to mutations in cells that can lead to cancer. In fact, long-term exposure to diesel exhaust particles poses the highest cancer risk of any toxic air contaminant evaluated by OEHHA. ARB estimates that about 70 percent of the cancer risk that the average Californian faces from breathing toxic air pollutants stems from diesel exhaust particles.” – CA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

The most potent material in the diesel exhaust is particulate matter (soot), which is absorbed by lung tissue, and also falls to the ground, on leaves, and into waterways.

If you are using diesel on your vineyard, ranch or farm, consider that Mobile Solar Power Systems by Pure Power Distribution provide clean power with:

  • No noise
  • No fume
  • No toxic air emissions of any kind
  • … and at the same cost as a comparable diesel gen-set.
]]> http://www.purepowerd.com/blog/2009/06/mobile-solar-power-diesel-alternative-for-agriculture/feed/ 0 PurePowerD Farms, Vineyards and Ranches http://www.purepowerd.com/blog/2009/02/purepowerd-farms-vineyards-and-ranches/ http://www.purepowerd.com/blog/2009/02/purepowerd-farms-vineyards-and-ranches/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:33:00 +0000 admin http://purepowerd.com/blog/?p=22 The PurePowerD solution to energy needs on farms, vineyards and ranches seems to be striking chords through California. We were invited to set up our Mobile Solar Power System in a featured viewing spot at the Unified Wine Symposium in Sacramento in January; at the World Ag Expo in Tulare in February. At both events, we spoke to people who simply glowed with the idea of powering their operations with solar.

The American Society for Enology and Viticulture, the organization that hosts the Wine Symposium) says that this year’s attendance of 11,900 was the highest on record. Likewise, the World Ag Expo (the world’s largest annual agricultural event) was simply packed. We had lines of people come to see us at the Ag event, and gave out over 500 brochures a day. Wild.

Concurrent with that show, as we’ve mentioned here earlier, an organic farm in Capay Valley has purchased a 10 kW system, and is currently getting its office and equipment dialed in (they had been on-grid). We’ll have some pictures soon. An interesting side story: a fixed-solar salesperson stopped by to offer friendly advice, including a rooftop system he was happy to part with for $50,000 more than our system.

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