{"id":116512,"date":"2014-03-12T14:01:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/?p=116512"},"modified":"2020-10-27T11:37:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T10:37:50","slug":"birdsong-peanuts-makes-more-than-peanuts-from-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/us\/birdsong-peanuts-makes-more-than-peanuts-from-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdsong Peanuts makes more than peanuts from the sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsong-peanuts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birdsong Peanuts<\/a> and peanut farmers near Colquit, Georgia, the sun feeds more than just the nearby peanut crops, it powers the office lights, the cleaning, shelling and sorting machines, the blanchers and even the sizing shakers. It turns out that in southwestern Georgia, there isn\u2019t much the sun can\u2019t do.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h5><b>All the right reasons<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>For Birdsong, an increasing number of customers developed sustainability policies for their operations and supply chains. Birdsong\u2019s management soon realized that switching as much of their power demands as possible to renewable sources would give them competitive advantage and help reduce operating their expenses.<\/p>\n<p>As an agriculture business, reducing their overall environmental impact and helping increase local air quality by incorporating renewable energy made complete sense.<\/p>\n<p>The icing on the cake \u2013 or better yet, the oil on top of the peanut butter &#8211; came when Georgia Power agreed to buy 100 percent of the power produced at the site for 20 years as part of its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiapower.com\/about-energy\/energy-sources\/solar\/asi\/advanced-solar-initiative.cshtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advanced Solar Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><b>The system<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>Designed and installed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hannahsolar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hannah Solar<\/a>, the one megawatt system features 3,360 <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.renesola.com\/ecommerce\/all_category.action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ReneSola<\/a> 300W modules and 45 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sma-america.com\/en_US\/products\/grid-tied-inverters\/sunny-tripower\/sunny-tripower-12000tl-us-15000tl-us-20000tl-us-24000tl-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunny Tripower 24000TL-US<\/a> inverters. The ground mounted design occupies a 20 acre site, previously used for storing discarded peanut shells and skins, that was solar-ready with perimeter fencing and a nearby transformer for three-phase power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing a decentralized design was optimal for this site,\u201d said George Kelly, Hannah Solar vice president. \u201cDowntime during harvest season is not an option for our customer; the Sunny Tripowers offer maximum reliability and efficiency with the peace of mind that if an inverter ever went down, the entire system won\u2019t also go down. In the event of an issue, getting back to full operation would be quick and easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Birdsong began its operations in 1911 and though peanuts haven\u2019t changed much since then, the technology used for processing has advanced by leaps and bounds. 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