Agriculture
Solar, batteries and energy management for agriculture
Farms and greenhouses get batteries and EMS that keep ventilation, milking and climate running — and cut peaks on a weak grid.
An outage in a barn or greenhouse is animal welfare and crop, not just a bill. Enfy puts preparedness first, with solar and peak shaving in the same plant.
Talk to us about the farmWhat comes first
1. Animals and climate first
When the grid drops, fans, milking robots, scrapers and greenhouse climate must continue. The plant islands and prioritises the load welfare and crop depend on.
2. Solar the farm actually uses
Farm buildings have large roofs and daytime demand. The battery stores surplus for evening and night, instead of selling cheaply to the grid.
3. Peaks without draining backup
Drying, feeding and charging create peaks. The system shaves them inside a reserve you set — so backup is not empty when the storm arrives.
The farm cannot wait for the starter cord
Many holdings have no real backup, or a genset that must be started by hand. A battery with islanding takes over without panic control, and can run with a genset where one already stands.
A weak grid is the everyday case
In rural areas voltage and capacity are often the bottleneck. On-site generation, batteries and controls give more operations on the existing connection — and an island when the line drops.
Support agriculture can actually use
Bionova and Innovation Norway are often more relevant than commercial-building schemes. We help package measures and documentation so the application matches what is built. Enova is used where the criteria fit.
Different from seafood, the same uptime requirement
Seafood needs cooling. Agriculture needs air, milk and climate. The control principle is the same: critical load first, then cost.
What you get
- Islanding for ventilation, milking and greenhouses
- Solar and battery with high self-consumption
- Peak shaving inside a preparedness reserve
- Advisory on Bionova, Innovation Norway and Enova
- One partner for design and commissioning
Questions before choosing a system
- What is different about agricultural battery storage?
- Milking, cooling, ventilation and irrigation create different power and resilience requirements. Assess seasonal operation alongside solar output. Identify loads that must continue during an outage and for how long.