Completed June 2023 · Countryside
Barn roof on a dairy farm
Ninety-six panels on the new roof of an old barn on the edge of Voorbeeldstad, fitted in three days.
- Panels
- 96 × 410 Wp
- Output
- 39.4 kWp
- Orientation
- south-east and north-west, 18°
- Inverters
- 2 × 20 kW
- Fitting
- 3 days, 3 fitters
- Yield year 1
- 34,900 kWh
From question to first year
- 01
The wish
The Weststrate family had the old roof of their young-stock barn replaced and wanted the new roof to start working straight away. The milking machine and the cooling tank run every day, from five in the morning.
- 02
The roof
A large, shallow pitched roof of new sandwich panels. Strong enough, with its own connection on the farmyard.
- 03
The solution
Forty-eight panels per side and two inverters. With a shallow pitch we agree a cleaning visit every spring: otherwise dust from the yard and birds leave a film.
- 04
After a year
34,900 kWh. About half goes straight to the milking parlour, the rest goes onto the grid.
The layout
Yield per month
Measured in the first twelve months, from the customer's app.
- 932Jan
- 1,648Feb
- 2,867Mar
- 4,121Apr
- 4,730May
- 4,658Jun
- 4,694Jul
- 4,049Aug
- 3,153Sep
- 2,186Oct
- 1,147Nov
- 717Dec
What can your roof do?
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