Vineyard's Floating Solar To Slash its Utility Costs in Northern California by About $90k/Year

Nelson Family Vineyards in Mendocino County, Calif., will soon power up its floating solar system, deployed on pontoons on an irrigation pond, expecting to cut utility costs, which jumped 180% over the last three years, by about $90,000 annually. Researchers at the University of California Davis are studying how the system will affect wildlife–the focus of our next podcast, which will touch on how songbirds at the farm are affected by the system–and how alligators in Florida climb onto these systems. The Nelsons are looking into selling or transferring a 30% investment tax credit to help pay for the system. Guests Tyler Nelson, vice president, Nelson Family Vineyards Tate Tussing, business development manager at Noria Energy. Email host Lisa Cohn at [email protected] with podcast episode ideas. Learn more about Lisa at CleanEnergyWriters.com