Can photovoltaics in orcharding be profitable? Commentary for Modern Orchard magazine

According to attorney Jan Saklawski: If we would like to produce large amounts of energy on our own, it would be necessary to put up a commercial installation, which would possibly sell energy to the orchard company. Alternatively, one could consider purchasing energy directly from a green source through, for example, a concluded PPA. Any subsidy reduces the amortization time. This time is also reduced by rising energy prices, and it should be remembered that already in autumn the so-called power fee will appear on our bills, which will raise the price by about PLN 45 per MWh. This is another argument for investing in our own sources.

With current market trends, such an investment will almost certainly pay off and generate a profit for its owner.

Energy storage in industrial conditions (on a large scale) is currently not profitable, Saklawski adds. However, technologies in this area are rapidly modernizing, and it is very possible that in a few years’ time, suppliers of photovoltaic technology will immediately offer packaged energy storage solutions. At the same time, in the case of prosumer solutions, the issue of energy storage completely falls off due to the possibility of reselling the surplus to the grid. In such conditions, we do not need to store anything and the energy is consumed on the fly or fed into the grid.

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