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All Pumping Case Studies

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Weston Acres Dairy Farm: Sustaining a Maine tradition with solar water heating

Ann Weston and Lance Gatcomb — Litchfield, ME

Project recommended: Yes, everyone should do this!
- Reduce energy usage and costs (achieved)
- Maintain viability of family-owned farm in a difficult market (achieved)
- Demonstrate ways other farms can cut costs (achieved)
- agriculture
- dairy farm
- energy efficiency
- cooling and refrigeration
- pumping
- renewable energy systems
- solar thermal
Variable Speed Drive Pumps for Farm Irrigation

Ralph Turner — Freeport, ME

Project recommended: Yes, everyone should do this!
- Use less electricity (achieved)
- Smart use of water (achieved)
- Increase irrigation capacity (achieved)
- Increase crop yield (achieved)
- irrigation
- pumping