If you see a job that needs doing..
I’m shocked and offended. Be sure and record this on your go pro, if you can find it. Trolling, give me a break? What high opinion you have of yourself.
I’ve ignored your incoherent comments as best I can but I’m reporting this now as trolling.
Do yourself a favour and click the “Ignore” option beside my name so you don’t see my posts.
Agree they should be putting them on as many roofs around the country, on industrial buildings, schools, and as much in farm yards as possible, instead of land, in France last year was on a farm and the new straw store shed was taken by a solar panel company they put the roof on the shed and after agreed number of years the farmer was going to paid a yearly rate,
You’ll have plenty of excuses when you get out of milking cows, slave work by the way. Between solar panels and calf to beef figures you are planning on going doing. Which I’m sure they will come back favourably.
Same down here, 1300 index linked
Panels in here with about a month....should have done it years ago
Pretty much off grid since they went in
Not milking here but was with a small operator last week, he has 60 of them on the shed & it just about does the milking, small parlour mind but still
I can never figure out why energy heavy agri industries eg dairy don't go for them more
I have a ball of s@#te so no security required! I'd be putting one of them airpod trackers or a version of them in the lights junction box or somewhere like that.
Any neighbour across the ditch let you Tee into their supply?
Buying a new trailer tomorrow. 12 ft x 6.6 tipper ifor.
How do you keep yours safe?
Problem there is the multitude of connections, varying power inputs, multiple contacts for issues, etc. Much easier for single locations covering big area owned/managed by a single entity with single connections etc.
Though for local use, every shed, office, building, house should have panels up and use the power locally. Store as much locally via batteries and forget the selling back to the grid. It's the latter part that's the biggest problem for the micro generation
IIf you have a look at historical maps on ordnance survey, it shows well's and springs all over the country, might give you an idea where sink one.
Don't know how much they are offering in Leinster or Munster, but over this side of the Shannon farmers are talking about €1300 an acre on land grazed from may to September and it's very tempting for farmers with this type of land.
retired farmers
If every farm with a south facing roof went for the TAMs grant for solar panels they're wouldn't be any need for big solar farms at all. Id looked into it myself but the initial cost didn't suit, it's a great idea though and they should do more to try and incentivise it.
Driving Around the country seeing the great saviour that is wind turbines not moving most of the time makes me wonder how my electric bill says my power is 100% renewable.
Government's 2030 target is 40,000ac of solar with roughly 45% in Leinster, 45% in Munster and the remainder in Connacht. That'll tell you the quality of land they're going for.
Couple companies quietly snooping around here atm and it's a mix of big dairy and renters that seem to be "interested" for a fee that isn't that much above a standard lease after tax, certainly not worth the hassle and planning anyway.
IMO the whole 2030 thing is nonsense (the EU will not fine itself) and I'm convinced much of the farming's annual incremental increases in red tape stems from energy lobbyists.
I don’t see a problem with them and sher they can be taken down and the land farmed again on the future if that made more sense. As for forestry the land can essentially never come back into production. They will form part of a grid going forward that will have power from multiple sources.
Are you not able to graze sheep under them ?
@roosterman71 you don't need planning to bore a well.
I dont think you need planning.
Sps pump will lift water out of a stream but you wouldn't want to be much more than a metre above the water imv. Will pump away no bother if field is flat. I know your in a panic but if you could get esb to the field you'd be further on.
I was surprised to see fields covered in solar panels last week when I was driving near the coast (Co. Waterford). Hard to estimate but there was at least 20-ish acres of them in each of two different sites.
I'm assuming it wasn't the best of land but there's plenty farming activity around both.
They stand out a mile - fields of big black shiny windows surrounded by green fields. I'd prefer to see trees planted but it's the landowners' choice.
Are they farmers or land owners who would have set the farm previously?
One of my tenants has lost 80 rented acres to solar panels. A data centre and solar/wind powered generator is going up within a mile of here. a few of these around the country will have a huge impact around the country.
Surprisingly a lot of farmers are going for solar panels…. supposed to be 500 acres already
Ram pump? Not too taxing to set up just need a couple of non return valves I think
I desperately need to get water into a field here for cattle. Questions:
Has anyone used milk test for mineral deficiency?
Sad story down here in West cork this evening. 13 year old girl killed in motor racing accident. How fun can turn to sorrow.
I got awful confused by the lads doing the relay- pace was unreal- a few had the Battons tucked and. I couldn’t figure it.
Another part that would mess with you was when people turned back and you running against them-
head would go down when in among the 10km walkers/runners and they gunning it past you- only a steward called me by name and said I was going solid for a full marathon and keep going.
Needed it then.
I see donkey (Grassmen) done a leg of the Belfast marathon. Surprisingly he done the second longest leg (5.7miles). Done it in 1:12.
Fair play to him.
well done. Great achievement
Ran my first Marathon today in Limerick. 4hrs48
I know not the fastest but for a unit like me- I’m happy. Small bit more pace in my legs but I was with my brother who had to walk a few times, we split at 28km.
Could be sore tomorrow.
Turn off the pump and release all the water. Most pressure switches are set at 30/50 psi so pump tank to 28psi of air. If it’s not holding the air or if there’s water still in the tank after you empty it you’ll need a new tank.
