Implementing Solar Energy Technology on Farms

Modern production farms consume large quantities of fossil fuels for a variety of on-farm uses. Solar Energy provides users with a number of advantages over fossil fuels, yet little has been done to transfer solar technologies on a small scale to farms and rural areas. The purpose of this project is to design, install, demonstrate and evaluate two innovative technologies used to capture solar Energy for conversion to electricity and heat on a small farm scale, and disseminate information on this technology to other producers in New Mexico and Colorado.