Converting a poultry operation to solar
Story Date: 4/25/2017

 

Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 4/24/17

David Hughes, turkey producer in New Market, Virginia, explains why it took a year to complete the conversion of this operation to solar power.“We had to determine where the panel was going to go, what size I needed and go through county permitting, zonings, the power company.  We had to upgrade the transformers, upgrade meters, all that, and do a lot of underground running of the wires."

For more of this story, click here.

























   Copyright © 2007 North Carolina Agribusiness Council, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
   All use of this Website is subject to our
Terms of Use Agreement and our Privacy Policy.