seMissourian.com: Business: Farmers turning to solar power to cut energy bills (12/19/11)

seMissourian.com: Business: Farmers turning to solar power to cut energy bills (12/19/11): "Solar power is energizing Southeast Missouri farms, helping farmers offset their own energy costs and generating clean power utility companies can buy.

There are about four farmers in the Gordonville area now using portable trailers equipped with solar panels to power irrigation systems previously operated by gasoline pumps.

"Farmers use a lot of power, much more than they used to as mechanization continues to increase in agriculture and they have readily available large surface areas for solar panels, whether it be buildings or unused roadsides," said Mark Nussbaum, an engineer with the USDA's National Resource Conservation Service in Jackson."

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