Solar Energy
Offset parlor, cooling and ventilation loads with barn-roof or ground-mount solar; agricultural land is ideal for ground mounts.
Details →Industry
Energy solutions for dairy farms
Dairies milk on a schedule the grid does not care about. ecojiva delivers integrated energy solutions that protect your herd, your milk and your margins.
Dairy Farms
Key energy challenges
Scheduled peaks
Milking, milk cooling, water heating and wash-down happen two or three times a day and stack into sharp, predictable peaks.
Reliability critical
An outage during milking stresses the herd and can dump a tank of milk; vacuum, cooling and ventilation cannot wait.
Refrigeration & ventilation
Bulk-tank cooling, plate coolers and barn ventilation fans run continuously in summer.
High demand & peaks
Compressors, vacuum pumps and water heaters starting together set the demand charge on rural tariffs.
Cost pressure
Energy is a growing share of cost per hundredweight, and rural cooperatives and utilities are adding demand components to farm rates.
Regulatory compliance
Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance requirements and processor audits require documented milk temperature control.
Integrated solutions
ecojiva solutions will deliver results for your industry
Six solutions, engineered as one system and operated by ecoSEMS®, the AI platform that ties generation, storage and load control together.
Battery Storage
Shave milking and cooling peaks and keep vacuum and cooling running through short outages.
Details →ecoSEMS® Controls
ecoSEMS staggers compressors, water heating and fans around milking and logs tank temperatures for PMO records.
Details →Sustainability
Lower cost and emissions for cooperative and processor sustainability programs.
Details →FAQ
Questions from dairy farms operators
Will a battery help a dairy?
Often, yes. Milking peaks are short and predictable, which is exactly the profile a battery flattens most cheaply, and the same battery carries vacuum and cooling through short outages.
