Agricultural solar + storage
60 high-efficiency panels across multiple shed roof faces, paired with a Sigenergy hybrid battery — designed so every kilowatt-hour works harder for the dairy, not just at midday.
SYSTEM AT A GLANCE
Solar on the shed → hybrid inverter → battery bank → home and evening loads. Sized for self-use, not just export.
60 panels · all-day harvest
SigenStor stack
Cloud gaps + milking hours
Day · evening · early morning
42,000+ kWh/yr
Clean generation
Expected annual output from the multi-face shed array
~4 years
Estimated payback
From the kitchen-table design conversation to modelled return
170 kWh
Winter week generation
One recent July week — when solar is at its lowest
1.63 kWh
Grid import that week
Almost all dairy load covered by solar + battery
THE BRIEF
Troy and Janelle weren’t chasing the biggest solar system on the market. Like many dairy farmers, they wanted control over rising electricity costs — and an investment that would keep delivering for decades.
The dairy shed didn’t have one large north-facing roof. Available area was spread across different roof faces, so a “fill every pitch” approach would have wasted money and missed the real goal: making every kilowatt-hour work harder for the farm.
THE DESIGN
Around the kitchen table we designed for how the farm actually runs — not a catalogue package. Sixty high-efficiency panels were laid out across the available roof faces to capture energy through the day, not only at midday.
Those arrays were paired with a Sigenergy hybrid battery system. Through the day the battery fills gaps as clouds roll through; excess solar covers evening, overnight and early-morning milking before the farm buys a unit from the grid.
SIZING LOGIC
The question wasn’t “How many panels can we fit?” — it was “How can we make every kilowatt-hour work harder for the farm?” That steered capacity, orientation and storage together.
Sigenergy’s modular stack fits staged farm growth: start with the shed, expand with irrigation, workshops or EV charging when the numbers say so. Learn more on our Sigenergy partner page.
ON SITE
From the air you see generation sitting on the shed that already carries the dairy load — yards, silos and paddocks in the same frame. On the ground, the Sigenergy stack lives in a purpose-built enclosure with tidy conduit and clear labelling.
Even in mid-winter — when solar is at its lowest — early performance has exceeded expectations. One recent week generated over 170 kWh while importing only 1.63 kWh from the grid.
SITE REALITY
No single north plane — stringing and layout had to harvest across the day, not only peak sun.
Milking and plant don’t stop at sunset. Storage turns midday surplus into evening and early-morning cover.
Install and enclosure design had to sit beside a working dairy — not a closed construction site.
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
Spec sheet for the Kina Road farmscale solar + Sigenergy install — capacity, hardware, and key outcomes.
LOOKING AHEAD
Modular Sigenergy storage means the farm can grow capacity when irrigation, workshops or fleet charging justify it. Every sunny day puts money back into a local farming family instead of the power company — that’s what good solar should do.
More than 42,000 kWh of clean electricity expected each year, around a four-year payback, and a winter week that generated 170+ kWh while importing just 1.63 kWh. Proof that multi-face design plus hybrid storage can nearly erase grid dependence — even in July.
