Rain sprinkler technology uses solar energy

Taking advantage of the potential and potential of a "lack of rain and sunshine" province like Ninh Thuan, the project put the solar spraying technology using solar energy deployed by Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. Use in Ninh Thuan , help people have conditions to expand cultivated area, reduce investment costs, improve production efficiency on an area unit, and associated with ecological environment protection.

Solar water sprinkler is a new technology, first applied in Ninh Thuan.This technology is implemented to take advantage of sunlight, through an installed connection system such as batteries, chargers, battery packs, converters to generate electricity.When electricity is available, farmers will use this power source to mount the sprinkler pump for plants.

Mr. Luong Van Liem and the technology research group of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology said that this technology will be applied to bring economic and environmental benefits to the people, especially people who are living in areas where there is no national electricity network, areas that lack water for irrigation are difficult to produce.

Applying this technology, farmers not only have electricity for domestic use, but also serve production, saving energy costs for production, saving labor and saving 30- 50% of irrigation water compared to conventional irrigation methods.

In addition, this technology also helps people improve production efficiency, resist the situation of flying sand, and jump into sand, limiting the growth and development, affecting crop productivity. Although the investment cost for installing this technology system is quite high (about VND 100 million), the service life is quite long, about 15 years. Install a rain sprinkler system using solar energy to irrigate about 4,000m ² of production land.

Appreciate the technology of solar spraying with solar energy, Mr. Pham Phu Rong, Deputy Director of Department of Science and Technology of Ninh Thuan province said that this is a new technology, first applied in Ninh Thuan but bring high economic efficiency, because it is not only suitable for climatic conditions but also helps people reduce production costs, improve economic efficiency on an area unit. When deploying the application, the Department will appoint specialized staff to help farmers apply to production.

Mr. Nguyen Van Ngot, Chairman of Ninh Thuan Farmers' Association affirmed: The Provincial Farmers Association will replicate the model and at the same time encourage and facilitate farmers to borrow investment loans to install this technological system. used in production. In addition, the Association also assists farmers in expanding cultivation areas and plant varieties, assisting with exploration and exploitation of water sources for irrigating crops.

Currently, the project has started to pilot a irrigation system on an area of ​​4,000m ² of bean production of Mr. Nguyen Huu Luong's family in Tu Tam 2 village, Phuoc Hai commune, Ninh Phuoc district. The total cost of installing Holcim Prize system is funded, particularly the rain spraying pipeline system, people invest their own capital.