Category: Idaho Solar

We just finished a great install in Burley, ID at a large modern dairy farm.  The install consisted of a 30 panel solar thermal system.  The system has 1500 gallons of solar thermal storage capacity.  The system is designed to provide 1000 gallons of water a day at 165 degree temperature.

Each one of the solar panels offsets 1 ton of carbon emissions per year or 30 tons in total each year and 600 tons over the life of the project.  The economics of the system estimate that the net payback should be accomplished in less than 1 year.  The project was  assisted int he installation with grants from the USDA REAP program and from the US Treasury 1603 Grant.

The project is up and running as designed.

A new report from the Advanced Energy Economy shows that clean energy, like solar and wind, and other energy efficiency services are providing over 400,000 jobs in California. That’s 5% more than the previous year  and it’s slated for an increase of 70,000 more jobs in 2015. Even adjusting for population that kind of economy boost would be huge for Idaho!

So could it happen?
With 16 major solar project slated for 2015, mega-provider Idaho Power would have a total of 1,253 megawatts of new green power on its grid. That’s just solar, and doesn’t include the green power of some 1,700 megawatts Idaho Power could produce at its hydroelectric dams.

And it doesn’t stop there!
Intermountain Energy Partners in Sun Valley plans to build a 40 mega-watt project southeast of Kuna on Sand Creek Road by 2016 and has signed contractswith Idaho Power to build six other projects as well.

The RENW team is excited to be part of the solar revolution here in Idaho!
If you have questions about solar HVAC solutions in Idaho we have the answers! Give us a call today! 208-577-6537

We just completed a great install at our first solar thermal dairy in Ada County – Idaho.  The installation went great and was accomplished in 4 days construction time.  The 18 solar panels are mounted on the roof of the milk barn.

When we were doing our performance testing we were able to heat the solar water up to 195 degrees both days of our performance testing.   We also improved the efficiency of the free heater and the milk chilling operation was reduced be 2 hours per day of chilling time.

The dairy is pleased with the performance of the system.  We look forward to installing more of these commercial installs helping Idaho business and employing Idaho folks with living wage jobs that create long term business success.