“ Managing our price of force in an environmentally well-disposed fashion is a huge component of our corporation , ” says Patrick Mbugua , General Manager of Wildfire Flowers , Kenyan rose and hypericum farm . “ We economise about 25 % of our power costs currently , which is a lot when looking at the type of crop we grow . And if some situations change we would make out to expand our solar organisation and earnings from it even more in the future . ”Patrick Mbugua25 % world power ( monetary value ) reductionAfter doing a study , Wildfire Flowers concluded that installing this solar organization was the most optimal solvent for them . “ The arrangement works in tandem with a control grid , so that when there is not enough radiation we can get energy from there . The solar organization bring home the bacon us power during the day , while we are dependent on the storage-battery grid at night . During the day , between 11AM and 3PM the Dominicus is at its brightest , and during these hours we can fully launch the farm on solar office . For other farm , where they only develop rosiness for example , a solar system of rules can cater them with around 60 - 70 % of their vim , but at Wildfire Flowers we also originate summertime flowers which necessitate to have brightness level at dark , when we rely on the grid for our superpower . Therefore , we save around 25 % of our power costs , which is a keen bit for us , and to do so in an environmentally friendly manner is a big advantage . ”Challenges and future plansWhile Wildfire Flowers is really contented with the resultant , the start of the undertaking was a bit of a challenge , says Mbugua . “ Procuring the material from overseas into Kenya was the most challenging part , as it took several months to arrive . As a result , there was a second of a sentence gap between ordering the system and actually capture to install it . But once everything arrived , we were impressed by how quickly and swimmingly the system was installed . ”Mbugua shares that he would love to expand their solar system in the future tense , but certain things would have to alter first . “ It is really expensive for us to store any excess power and we do not want to waste any , so expanding the system will not be an selection until there is a more low-cost manner to store excess power . In addition , it is not set aside in Kenya to sell back excess production to power companies , yet there are already endeavour in motion to change these regulations . If these scene would amend in the future , we would love to thrive and we encourage other farm to implement solar energy as well , as it is a sensible and clean path of obtaining your power . ”For more information : Wildfire FlowersPatrick Mbugua[email protected]www.wildfire - flowers.com
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