More solar panels get installed plus why New Zealand's proposed carbon tax on cows is wrong
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Another 12kWp of ground based solar panels get installed by Homeco Energy but are they producing as much electricity as we hoped?
Plus why New Zealand has got it wrong with its proposed new carbon tax on cows and a look around the crops for harvest 2023
A reason you are not getting a lot out of those panels may be the angle you have them set too which looks more suitable for somewhere just off the equator. There are calculators online to tell you the optimum angle for your latitude , I'm not exactly sure where you are but at this time of year I would have thought you should be something like 47 to 50 degrees off the horizontal.
Another benefit to having them on the ground on that flat roof frame: If a little basic engineering would do it, you could consider seasonal changes to the inclination to optimise them, at least for summer vs winter sun angles.
At this time of year when generation can be so marginal, it makes an appreciable difference.
I was going to say much the same. They look like about 15° from the horizontal to me, which is great for the summer but shite for the winter. I’ve never seen an installation that flat.
I was waiting for him to adjust a control that would raise the panels to a proper angle; they look like they are hinged at the front. Perhaps the actuators are back-ordered.
As someone with 10 years solar PV experience in a previous life....the comments about panel tilt Vs output are correct but only theoretically correct, not always in practice. When you increase the angle of a PV panel from 10 degrees to 30 degrees from horizontal:
1. You need much more space for the same 12kWp system. Spacing between panel rows goes from 400mm to over 1500mm.
2. Panels inclined more catch more wind, and need much more ballast. Bear in mind this was intended as a roof mounted system, it's always a compromise of wind loads Vs acceptable weight on the roof.
3. If you're looking for usable spread of electricity generation throughout the day, lower inclination can be better. Take the other extreme of a perfectly vertical panel facing due south. Fantastic generation when the sun is to the south, but as soon as the sun moves it is not hitting the panel at all. Farmers, manufacturers need power all day, not just at lunchtime.
So overall a good compromise, like everything in life. Harry, once you get the hedge down this will improve production. Thanks for sharing
If they were genuinely on a flat roof then UK planning law would dictate such a low angle, but as they aren't, then a more productive angle could be chosen. I suspect the installer just followed the rules and regs for a flat roof, which wouldn't surprise me at all given my recent experience of PV installers. Even on a pitched roof the panels are only allowed to extend beyond the top point of the roof by a small amount, although not usually an issue with a pitched roof.
Is Harry’s Farm ok? It’s been a long time since the last update. I’m missing Harry’s Farm videos.
I find your videos extremely interesting and informative. The way you take the trouble to explain and illustrate is highly commendable.
I know it takes ages to produce these....but I wish you could more of them!! I love watching Harry's Farm.
Thank you so much, and keep up the good work!!
Harry, please give Stanley a few seconds at the end of each episode.Thank you.....
Agree was expecting a few seconds of spinning Stanley at the end then ,and im not even a dog person 😆😀
I was thinking Stanley to have his own RUclips channel
@@Da51lva yes please 👍 👍 👍
I'm over in America and whenever I'm down in the dumps about our regulatory environment I watch your Farm channel and cheer right up. Great video as usual
You might tune into my Commifornia farming area for some serious uplifting. 😄
Are you a farmer as well, Roy?
No. I'm an investor in different businesses but none are in farming.
You guys better get voting for Mr T again. Get some sort of normality back into the world.
@@julianstafford7071 America doesn’t run the world, and most of the problems in America aren’t new. Not sure why people put so much stock in one businessman who’s ideas and policies put big business and profit ahead of people time and time again. Such a strange mindset.
I'm not surprised it's not producing much, that panel angle is nowhere near what it should be for a UK installation.... Unless Harry's Farm is based near to the equator?
I would have raised them up a few feet or a meter at least, that one shot shows them in the shade for what looks like a couple hours in either the morning or evening
@@SilentRacer911 Hopefully the shading will have been a factor in the design and the array will have been split into appropriate strings maximising power output. Given the panel angles though it doesn't inspire confidence that design was a primary consideration.
Exactly, should be quite a steep angle in winter to catch the low sun.
Certainly if I was Harry I'd get a Timber frame made 2m high and make it the same angle as a House. It's way to low and as others have said the Winter Sun is to low so really needs Tilting more!!
My thoughts exactly will only work when above it say 1.5 hrs a day harry prop it up
Always fascinating onsite into farming which we see going on all around the countryside where we live. This is a great blog channel. Many thanks Harry.
Completely agree Harry. As a NZ farmer I’m fairly certain we currently produce meat and milk with the lowest carbon footprint in the world… if we reduce our production significantly this will lead to someone else filling the gap with less carbon efficient food. Thanks for making great content it’s nice to hear a farmers view from the other side of the planet.
It depends on how you calculate your carbon footprint, do you calculate the carbon footprint including everything that has to be shipped there (tractors, fertilizer etc.) or do you just calculate on an annual basis based on only what happens on-farm? NZ is so far from everywhere and has no local manufacturing, thus all purchased goods have a high carbon footprint.
Thanks Harry, Informative videos as always. My knowledge of Farming is completely transformed since subscribing.
Amazing how far 'off the ranch' most of us have become. :D
great idea, but that is the wrong angle for the UK. southern europe maybe. UK you really need a 35degree angle in the south of england
Would it be possible to mount that solar panel system on a sturdy metal frame above the ground ? You could then park say, a car underneath it and not lose part of your driveway?
In theory yes, I imagine it will bring about a planning related issue though (as that would become a structure)
Yes there are lots of solar carport options out there. This specific system Harry has is actually a flat roof system.
@@nickwills6042 the funny thing is that I’m not even allowed to hook panels up to my electrical system without first getting a permit for the structure that they’d be attached to
@@marcob1729 does that include the ground?
@@nickwills6042 yes. You need to prove that they will withstand the elements (wind, snow load, etc). Which makes sense, else it becomes a liability
I agree with you 100% on the ruminants being blamed for the methane problem . Interestingly enough I also researched the historical size of the buffalo herd a couple of months ago as well . The proposed bans make zero sense .
And to think there are gas fields just venting methane to atmosphere all over the place, thoisoi did a video on one that’s at a camp site and said they are all over the place in his country (presuming Russia, not positive though, but Eastern Europe)
Do you enjoy eating beef?
that's why they want it banned
The ban makes sense if your goal is absolute political control of the population
When you consider that when they were vast herds they sustained a population of first nations across the American continent with all their most essential needs.The enormous cull was, of course, to remove those necessities and the people they sustained, they were also hampering the progress of the railroads, and the gangs needed feeding.Who would ever imagine a government culling the human population today. How's the bug production going I wonder?
I definitely don't want to provoke anyone, but if methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 (a factor of 23x is often quoted) then aren't ruminants "leveraging" the carbon within their little part of the global carbon budget?
Thank's Harry, always interesting, always a sensible rebuff to government idiocy! I'm happy we have Harry's Garage, thank you again Harry!
hi Harry, when can we expect the next video? appreciate the farm quieten's down in Winter but would love to see some of the goings on and hear your thoughts on some of the agricultural current affairs 🚜👍🏼
Hi Harry, really missing the content recently. Hope you’ll be back soon.
No new videos for a while, Harry. I'm missing them!
Hi Harry, I love your videos, when are you going to do another one? I'm getting withdrawal symptoms!!
I've really enjoyed your videos and learned a lot about farming from them, but are you going to post any more?
sounds like uk gov't doesn't know what their doing about solar credits. lucky you can afford doing this and you have the land to install this. hope other people will survive the winter, when it gets really cold.
Hate to ask but when is your next video?
It's nice to have the funds to play with this stuff, but in reality, the mathematics doesn't really pan out. This is primarily because proponents of a solar array fail to take ALL costs into account (like loss of interest on capital invested). Invest £10k and that was earning you £400 a year in interest! That's gone when you use the money to buy panels. The ACTUAL return over a decade or two means that you could have invested it better in say, a generator/batteries or elsewhere.
NZ cattle has been a big issue due to policy on farming as completely free market, no subsidies so cattle raised for Chinese beef market. Result is total pollution of NZ waterways. Where once they rejoiced in swimming in rivers, now rivers are too noxious and very few swimmable. CO2 tax is clumsy as it focuses just on the burping but they need to do something about poisoning of NZ
I'm confused. At the beginning he said the rails the solar panels are fixed to are used in a roof installation. If it's installed on the ground instead of on the roof like it's supposed to be why is he so surprised when it doesn't produce much power? He's missing the added angle of the roof so of course it isn't going to be a good result. Take a look at the solar panels on WWOG or most other you tube channels; the angle of their panels is much steeper than his. His installation looks like an equator not UK installation angle.
The peak output of the solar panels will be with sun normal (90°) to the surface of the panels. Otherwise the power has to be multiplied by the cosine of the angle of the 🌞 rays to the surface of the panels
C´mon...we are all waiting for an update..Chilean farmer here dealing with summer fires, dammit!!
The panels are way too low an angle, especially this time of year, optimum year round angle for the UK is about 43 degrees, also part shadows from the hedge is not good.
Thanks for the video Harry, speaking from NZ here. One crazy aspects of this tax is that the government hasn't recognised that our national herd has actually decreased by roughly 11 million stock units since 1990.
Your Govt also hasn't taken into account that before long there will be supplements to reduce methane etc from cows.
Don't worry, it's not about the cows, more like human existence.
Do you think Jacinda really cares about the truth?
@@douglasprovost768 No of course not. After all she's a liberal
"Dairy cattle numbers increased by 82 percent nationally from 3.4 million to 6.3 million Between 1990 and 2019" stats nz, what are you talking about ???
I would think that a more accurate way of expressing a ewe’s gestation period is simply 5 months ( + or - a few days according to the breed) On the other hand 3 months 3 weeks 3 days is a much more accurate expression for a sow’s gestation period.
Mark Bennett BVSc MRCVS
Where the panels made in China? Not sure they will work well in North Yorkshire.
Have the last 2 months results been that abysmal that you daren't report them?
I very much enjoy this channel and learning about farming and the issues farmers are dealing with. Thanks Harry.
Are those Flat Roof Systems available at a steeper Angle ?
I was told that panels should ideally be at our approximate angle of lattitude - approx 51 degrees, to be as close to perpendicular to the Sun, for as long as possible.
Yours look very 'flat', - so fantastic around midsummer, when the sun is highest, but lousy during the winter, - even when it's not Cloudy ... (!)
Well. The fossil fuel companies making fantastic profits on the war via the energy prices.
Harry, those panels do not seem to have much angle on them. Are they set up for summer declination? If so, could they be adjusted and optimized for winter declination?
It’s always a compromise between cost and return.
CH4 is 80 times more powerful than CO2. Over 20 year period. There is no way of getting away from that. That's without fertiliser.
3:48 84.37 Sterling Pence = $1.032 US Dollars. I pay $0.11 per kilo watt hour. Are you paying 84.37 Sterling Pence per KILO WATT HOUR?
Hi guys Harry seems to be OK he posted two days ago on his other channel harrys garage
If we accept that Methane has a higher global warming potential than CO2, it's very straightforward to see why cows are a net emitter. Take one carbon atom absorbed by the plant as CO2 (GWP=1), have it eaten and processed into CH4 by the ruminant (GWP=20+) and you've significantly contributed to CO2-equivalents (-1 + 20 = 19) in the atmosphere.
Different species of ruminants have different methane emissions, and individuals of a species will have very different emissions depending on their diet. That's why the deer/bison comparison doesn't say much. I recall the average cow may produce between 2 and 7x as much methane as a bison would. I don't think serious people are realistically calling for a ban of all cows, but since they are significant contributors to anthropogenic emissions (>60% of ag emissions?), they'll have to cut down their emissions a lot.
Farmers and ag scientists are smart, they'll find out if the best results are achieved by a change in feed or change in methods or reduction in herd size or a combination of all that. However you can't just expect the sector to solve emissions out of the blue. That's why financial incentives (e.g. carbon tax, subsidies) and clear targets are necessary, just like in all other sectors.
Almost unbelievable that in just 100 years they killed 59,999,459 bison out of a herd of 60,000,000
The "news" is just laughable. The quality and the state of news media has been tumbling for decades. I consume almost 0% of it. If it's something worth hearing I'll hear about it online, like I knew about the Ukraine invasion long before my mum had. The absolute stupidity that comes from and creates more of it within people is just boggling. I've found not consuming it has made an impact on my mental health leaving me feeling happier and completely disengaging from it has made me disengage from hot and toxic topics that get people angry and has infinitely made my life easier.
Person: Blah blah blah *specific topic* blah blah blah.
Me: I don't know what you're talking about mate and I'm not interested either.
I've learnt that "ignorance" actually is bliss.
Enjoyed the update.
If I recall, you had geothermal installed in the house. I would be interested in a video that covers your experience with it.
If you have 60c plus hot rocks underground it works ok. We have at 200 feet. So borehole into the rocks plus pipes. Its well expensive. I dont think it will pay for itself longterm.
Hay harry , keep your opinions to your self...you know nothing about our situation in NZ , the reality is farmers are carrying to much stock on their farms to be sustainable in the short term and are over grazing and having to use ever increasing amount of fertilizer to maintain the pasture grass at the level required...and effluent that is produced is contaminating the underground aquaphis , streams and river systems that run throw and around the farmers and eventually in to the lakes that supply our drinking water and that's without addressing the methane and nitrous oxide gas emissions and C02 from transport of milk and farm animals for processing ..all together the sector make up over 50%of NZ's GHG emissions ...so the sector has to start reducing their heard size drastically and take steps to reduce their carbon footprint!!.😡💕🇳🇿🇺🇦
75-90% of New Zealand's farm produce gets exported. Many of us kiwis are tired of NZ being the market garden for the rest of the world. Most of our rivers are polluted by intensive farming. We also pay more for meat and butter than Europeans do for the same NZ butter. I support the governments proposal for more taxes on farmers.
I've been looking into solar panels. I should have got them 2 years ago. Now the supply has gone, and inflation has put the prices up. But the most prohibitive thing is the regulations. Panels and inverters are not expensive but the installers will only install panels they have sourced themselves. It means you cannot choose the panels and when the installer produces a quote, it works out to be twice the price for half the installation. They claim it is so they can provide you with a regulators certificate. I'm certain the installers have created these regulations, not to improve quality, but so they can push the prices up. They don't even tell you how much they are charging for the panels.
@@altern8tive Prematurely failing panels are covered by the manufacturer warranty, or U.K law, not by paying more to the solar cartels. The installation of 'green' technologies is a racket and has been ever since the juicy government incentives were introduced.
@@altern8tive A warranty isn't much use when most installers go out of business within five years of start-up.
@ΝΟΜΛ what you describing is to protect the installer, not the customer. When the installation cost is 4 times what it could be, there is plenty of margin for me to replace failed panels.
Usual UK legalised rort. Never before has this country legalised so much theft from hard working people. Government want all this because they get their 20% VAT on everything. Less is More these days.
I felt much the same, had panels on my previous house and they earned a feed in tariff but 2 years after moving I was already thinking about it again just as electricity prices rocketed.
I looked into the options and spoke to local installers but one told me straight that I ought just do it myself. (I work in the renewables field already on large commercial installations, just not PV)
I wanted solar with battery and having located good s/h batteries already there was no way an installer was going to be interested as you say so did it myself as suggested.
I put 4.2kW of panels on the garage roof with the help of my builder/ roofer and have about 5.5kWh of useable battery capacity and a 3kW inverter. The same local electrician added the circuit and made the mains connections for me. The system is small enough to be G98 compatible so I declared it myself which takes about 30 minutes all in. Scottish Power accepted it, as they have to (I checked with them first). It cost time and effort on my part to research but there are a lot of options and several very good suppliers, choosing one depends on what you want to do and spend.
No, I can't get payment for exported generation without a MCS certificate but it's generally insultingly poorly remunerated anyway, even worse when you hear the spot rate is as high as £0.84/kWh As the battery absorbs a lot of generation anyway I am content to be benevolent and give any excess power away for free. Critically for me, it's made an enormous difference , still contributing on average 85% of our typical demand in early November.
I'd recommend looking at the part suppliers such as Bimble and Voltacon.
The UK is just not a good eographic location for solar. The same is true for all of Europe. It is great for wind.but not so great for solar. The cost of energy in the UK is high because of how renewables have been been introduced into the electric grid (yeah a screwed up situation because of politics, not because it works from an engiineering perspective).
Ethanol production dropping because of grain prices? How's that going to impact on pump fuel prices for E10 petrol in the UK?
Your panels are at the wrong angle for latitude
Methane is, well, complicated. A cow tests out at 140 g/CH4/day and deer about 32. I think a lot of the role of the tax on cattle may be to avoid the “what about the cows” complaints from other industries. There were indeed millions of bison (and horses) around in the 19th C but not the billions of people and their cows like today. South America and Africa are great examples of how things have changed.
I really enjoy your videos and especially your farm ones. How you deal with the complicated rules and regulations in Britain is beyond me.
That was an interesting solar array. The angle was certainly not optimum for generation during the video, could they not be adjustable for the season since it is so easily accessible?
Thanks for quantifying Harry's poorly thought out attempts at equivalence.
As always an interesting update on the farming world of which I have an increasing awareness and knowledge courtesy of Harry. The garage is not bad either!
Where I can possibly contribute is on eight years of domestic experience of Solar Panels. You are right, Harry, the effect of clouds on electricity production rival what your favourite beetle does when it comes to Oil Seed rape production. Based on my own results output June / July produce typically in excess of 475Kwh per month whilst December / January produce around 95Kwh per month.
Pity it's not there when you need it most, can't help wondering what over reliance on solar will do for the country's needs.
You said there are 30mil head of beef in the US, while showing a report stating there are over 90 million head of cows/cattle in the US.
Thank you Harry .. it is great to see the farm growing so well.
I can’t believe your panels are at such a low angle. Surely for your latitude the panels should be at a much steeper angle. Yours look like they’re near the equator. No wonder you’re getting such a low generation result.
Another insightful and entertaining video. Thanks Harry.
There is a formula for the optimal solar panel angle for a given latitude, those shallow panels are not right. Sorry, covered in other comments.
been a while since an update , hope you're all ok .
It's a bit quiet Harry!
Agree hope all is ok , missing Harry.
Isn't it strange how the more wind and solar is installed into power grids , the more the power price goes up and up ,
when we were told all along that the price would go down because wind and sun is free.
Are we being conned ?
I cannot beleave you had your panals fitted on the ground , and such a low angle, why did you not ask for advice ?
Harry, I hope you are ok. I have missed you updates .
Natural gas is back to a reasonable price yet electricity prices are sticking near the price cap. Odd that isn't it.
With the low angle of instillation you have in the winter it will be very low even on clear days because the angle is bad.
This is the trouble with relying on renewables - they just cannot produce 24/7 which is what we are all accustomed to...
The governments ISN'T supporting the price, the tax payer is!
Modern Monetary Theory says no.
Countries around the World seems to be run by idiots in government
@@billwilson1320 I prefer Magical Monetary Theory.
@@DrBlood-cq2cm
Not heard of that one.
Must be the new EU policy of pretend economics.
Why do you type this as if it’s some shocking revelation? It’s what governments do, regulate and provide. Roads don’t magically build themselves, schools don’t operate on zero finances, and green energy isn’t profitable yet. If you don’t like where the government is spending money then vote to change it.
Make sure those panels aren’t shading each other as the sun is quite low this time of year. Partial shading will dramatically reduce your output! They should be quite a bit steeper too for the UK. And the wind will pick them up if it gets underneath, you could anchor the rails down with groundscrews rather than using weights.
I'm puzzled as to why the solar panels are laid almost flat. I guess there is a reason, but right now the sun must only be around 30 degrees to the panel, not the optimal 90 degrees. I guess this is a side effect of being installed on a roof support system, maybe new brackets are in the pipeline? Otherwise that is a lot of power you are missing out on.
It's the WEF which needs recycling 6" under.
The angle of those panels is wrong. The best angle in the UK is 35 degrees.
The panels need to be at a better angle. You’ll be losing quite a lot of output on such a shallow angle.
Born on a NZ farm, and still involved seasonally, I have mixed feelings about the proposed “burp tax”. NZ livestock farming was grass/clover based, with the main input being a bit of superphosphate laced with a few trace elements where necessary. Relatively low yield compared to more intensive systems, but low cost, and relatively low environmental impact (after the initial felling if forest to grow pasture more than 100 years ago). The sheep and beef sector still is largely so, but dairying is a different story, with amalgamation of smaller farms and conversion of land use into large landholdings, the sector has grown considerably over the past 2 or 3 decades, with the encouragement of some politicians and bankers. Heavily reliant on nitrogen fertiliser, clover has disappeared from dairy pastures. Whereas surplus spring pasture was conserved as hay and silage to feed cows over the winter now high producing annual ryegrass and maize crops are conserved to prolong the productive season. Supplements made using imported ingredients are now fed to boost production. That is a lot of burps that are not produced from permanent pasture, Fewer folks work the land, and increasing numbers of them are contracted imported staff, far from their families, on working visas. Farming as it is today is far from what it was. All this has had a big impact on the environment and rural communities. The “burp tax” seems to be a clumsy, big bro way of addressing things.
Interesting! Thanks
To many people.
@@themerrigans2734 For other species we would be looking to control numbers because of their impact on the environment.
OMG. 84.37 pence per unit? That seemed like a lot of money so out of interest I checked my last BC Hydro bill here in British Columbia. The price I paid including taxes and all the other miscellaneous charges that these companies love to add to the invoice was 7.29 pence per unit. Looks like I'll stay here awhile longer!. Another great video as always. Thank you Harry.
There is an energy crisis in Europe at the moment because of Russia's attack on Ukraine. So energy prices are 10x or more what they were last year in some parts of Europe. I live in Norway, we have so much energy we only use hydroelectric power. We export all natural gas we produce to Europe and most of the oil. But now we even export our hydroelectric power to Europe to help - and prices have sky rocketed domestically. Even through the summer, the prices were many times over what used to be a high price in the winter season. It is insane. You are in Canada, pretty similar to Norway in many ways, think of your electric bill increasing 10x because you start exporting your hydro to the US to help them.
Over here it is all because of Putin, so we complain, but bite down, because winter is coming. Literaly. And Norway gets really cold in winter. It is going to be a really hard winter coming, many people with struggle all over Europe, but knowing that the worse the energy situation is, the more Putin fails - it is worth it. Ukraine needs to win, Europe needs to not fault in their support of Ukraine. It is Ukraine today, us tomorrow if they do not win. And then, energy prices will be the least of our problems.
@@EspenX I believe Norway had to cut back on hydro production due to very low rainfall during the summer.
@@EspenX if you believe it's even anything to do with Putin you need to do some research
@@DrFod There was talk of cutting electricity exports, but we didn't. We did cut back on hydro production this summer, but that is seasonal. Because of summer, we don't need that much electricity. And in the past month it has rained alot in the areas where the water dams are, so things are normalizing thankfully.
@@Ben-in6qh How are you guys doing at the Russian troll farm these days?
I know let’s blame the cows this week probably be horses next week
Where’s the common sense. Get rid of the grazing animals and you will have no
country side. Cheers Harry enjoyed the video 👍🐄🐂
They take it away with them?
Harry, I understand your perspective and I partially agree that we should focus effort into removing fossil fuels from our economy (shale oil and fracking are to blame when it comes to the most recents spikes in methane) rather than removing cows.
However there is lot of misleading information as our meat consumption has accelerated.
Cows unfortunately release way more methane than other ruminants.
Methane is a tremendous greenhouse gas compared to CO2 and it's levels have risen tremendously on the atmosphere.
Buffalo are actually being considered because of their extremely low emissions for a meat producing animal.
Another inportant factor is how much of our habitable land has been dedicated to feeding animals (about 40%). That is heavily responsible for deforestation, as we would be able to produce way more nutrition with less than a quarter the land, from just eating plants ourselfves.
Anyhow New Zealand has some of the lowest beef emissiond in the planet so the tax might not make a lot of sense, and if it gets implemented it should be small.
Methane concentration has increased from 1.6 to 1.8 parts per million, co2 has increased from 280 ppm to 420 ppm.Water vapour the most important ghg averages around 4000 ppm. The wavelengths of outgoing ir radiation which methane can intercept are in the same spectra as water vapour, therefor a greenhouse effect dominated by water vapour(as earths Is)cannot be effected by such a tiny concentration of ch4.Will Happer of princeton university has done the most extensive work on this globally.
Not to mention the several million animals that munch their way across Africa every year. As you mention, it really comes down to overpopulation, over demand on resources, but that's not an easy problem to solve
Harry, How much downforce do the panels provide?
84p !!!! That is five times what we are paying here in South Australia for peak and 7 times for off peak. Has Britain gone MAD???
Yup.
The lunatics have been running the asylum here for decades.
Most of Europe is going through a severe energy crisis this winter, many people are going to freeze, possibly to death, because of it.
@@SilentRacer911 There's no energy crisis, there's plenty of energy but the idiots have decided to put politics and virtue signalling before the basic needs of their population.
Not just electric either. A bag of smokeless brazier coal has gone from £10.50 in Feb 22 up to £17.50 now & a 'handy' sack of kiln dried logs from £15 to £21.95.
I saw a handy pack for £3.99 in Aldi, it pays to shop around
InsTallation. Surprised at the angle of the panels, for our northerly latitude I’d expect them to be at a higher angle as the sun is lower.
I think we must be realistic when thinking about the Kw's harvested from our panels. It is a bit like one of your supercars - it may have a top speed of 150mph, but the average speed that car is going to be driven is far less than the possible top speed.
"and it's gone up 30p since ..." I was thinking the rest of that sentence was going to be "since the start of this video"
Rather than get rid of the rumanants, get rid of people. That would really cut down on CO2. We are trying a seaweed additive in Australia. Great video Harry.
Quite a low pitch on those PV panels. They are going to get dirty and stay dirty as they will not self clean in the rain. Maybe you get a lot of rain there though....
I once read that putting one alpaca in with a field of sheep is a great way to protect against predators. The alpaca gets on well with the sheep, but is incredibly aggressive towards any threat. I think this is a trick they use in some parts of South America, and possibly New Zealand. I seem to remember is worked best (or only worked) if it was a single alpaca, not a group.
Donkeys, alpacas and llamas are herd protector animals.
Interested in the wind turbine graphs. What output rating is the turbine? Could you do a review on this when you do the solar update?
We have an 11kW turbine shared between three families. Average daily production is 60-70 kWh but max seen is 220, and min zero! Worst always July to September each year. We need to add solar to balance variability in wind generation
Hi Harry, look forward to your video’s. Your new solar panels, surely they would be more efficient if some if not all were angled at 52 degrees. Stefan
Always lookforward to a new episode of Harry's Farm - great stuff :)
I came for the cars and found farming much more interesting. :D
@@Mrbfgray Totally agree Bo, whilst I find his 'car restoration' videos interesting, this farming channel is far better :)
@@johnhaynes9910 Funny how that happens, and I'm a bit of a petrolhead in farther N. Commifornia farming region.
I quite agree these eco warriors are doing more harm to the farmers but they forget were there food comes from.
"Cloud, I'm fast discovering, is any enemy of solar installations" and "You'll need a full summer day to get to the potential"
Is that genuinely something you didn't appreciate already? Reminds me of comments around EV's where people are surprised that the 250 miles of range they see on a perfect summers day driving around town isn't matched on a motorway run in the depths of winter. Do people really do no research before investing in these things?
The problem is that there is so much invested interests in selling these things that there isn't much in the way of any balanced information on this tech. Unfortunately, the powers that be are also hurtling us all towards this tech.
@@sh-hg4eg No, the fact of the matter is he believed the mythology.
@@sh-hg4eg Surely though it's just common sense? In the case of solar (a technology that depends exclusively on sunlight) to be surprised that it doesn't work anywhere near capacity other than in the middle of summer in the UK, is ridiculous.
@@SW-by9ob You make the unsupported assumption that common sense,is in fact common.
Thank you. It would be only a slight overstatement to say that I grew up assuming that food originated in the refrigerator cases and on the shelves of the grocery stores where I bought it. Your videos show the biological, climatic, and (most importantly) economic considerations and decisions farmers need to work through to stay viable. Although I live in the midwest of the USA, where more concentrated agriculture is the norm (here in Ohio there are millions of crop acres, 90% either soybeans of corn) the variables are the same.
I no longer think of farmers as ignorant dirt scratchers.
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Missing you man!
Have you given up on the channel no videos for a while ?
Sunday Morning Live 8/1/23 with actor Peter Egan referring to intensive meat farming. The BBC should really provide some balance in such important discussions.
Harry will you be sharing any Farm account information for last year? Simon.
Yay nice spin Stanley.
Your solar needs to be more spread apart. You see shadow of the sun in the lower bit in everyone. Every type of shadow murders your output. You live on 51.8°N. Solar noon zenith elevation is max 61° and min 14,7° from horizon. You need at least 30 degree for midsummer noon perfect 12kWh. Bottom part needs to be 75,3° free from next top part to get solar winter noon.
The cow burp thing in NZ is because those madmen and madwomen in the WEF (World economic forum) have persuaded many Governments to adopt the ESG standards. Look what that did for Malaysia!!! Farmers going bankrupt by the truck load. Holland is going the same way. Great videos' though Harry.
It's the wef behind it all harry
Totally agree about the methane issue Harry. Also, I’d be interested to know where you got the solar installation? Did the energy company put you “off grid” due to the size of your overall installation? I’ve been told that that’s a pitfall here in Devon.
Deer have a better PR spokesman in Bambi though don't they.
Bull Terrier? Working or pet?
Enjoyed your video Harry, interested in learning more about your wind turbine, have you done a video about it in the past?
'Vapour trails' reducing solar voltaic uptake. Not 'vapour trails', SRM geoengineering trails reducing visible light spectrum.
Harry, your system is set up for summer, due to the low angle of the panels required for ground mounting. It is therefore compromised for winter generation. Pitched roof mounting allows something close to ideal for year round generation. Solar power generation is all about light angle incidence (90 degree perfect).
Your video was shot early in the day (long shadows) - best power is obviously around midday. The third issue is that it’s winter - so the sun’s light incidence to the northern hemisphere is at a low angle and solar energy has to travel through a relatively thick layer of atmosphere at this time of the year.
Your 12 kW system has a peak power that you will only occasionally see in the UK (on sunny cool spring or autumn days - not summer because panels are too warm) - a bit like peak power rating of an ICE engine - rarely used in practice. The peak rating is important because everything in the system has to cope with peak output (like an ICE engine).
Your solar installation does not need clear blue sky to deliver good power. Clouds come and go - the power you make will be consistent over the year and every year. As a farmer, you are well placed to understand you are ‘harvesting’ energy, which is seasonal, like the other crops you grow.