Oakhurst Dairy
Case Study – Solar Thermal Systems (2009)
Submitted by Todd Costello on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 20:38.
This document was prepared by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy and describes how a New England Dairy farm uses solar energy to reduce cost and lower carbon emissions.
In 2008 Oakhurst Dairy installed 2,500 square feet of solar panels on the roof of their headquarters in Portland, Maine to heat water for case washing. This is one of the largest solar thermal systems in the northeastern US.
