For farms & agriculture
Solar Irrigation
Solar-driven pumping for paddy, vegetables, orchards and fisheries — with no diesel to buy, carry, or account for.
- Designed for
- Paddy fields, vegetable farms, orchards, fisheries
- Typical capacity
- 1 – 50 HP pumps
- Indicative payback
- 3 – 4 years
The case
Irrigation in Bangladesh runs largely on diesel, and diesel is the single largest cash cost in a boro season. It also has to be transported to the pump, stored, and burned in an engine that needs servicing.
A solar pumping system removes all of that. The resource peaks exactly when irrigation demand peaks u2014 the dry, bright months before harvest u2014 and the fuel arrives free, on the roof of the pump house.
We deliver surface and submersible configurations from 1 HP up to 50 HP, with variable-frequency drives that let the pump follow available irradiance rather than cutting out when a cloud passes.
At a glance
- Pump range
- 1 u2013 50 HP
- Types
- Surface & submersible
- Drive
- Solar VFD controller
- Head
- Up to 150 m
- Structure
- Fixed-tilt or seasonal-adjust
- Panel warranty
- 25-year performance
Why it pays
What you actually get
No fuel cost, ever
Diesel spend for pumping goes to zero. In a typical boro season this is the entire operating cost of irrigation.
Peaks when you need it
Maximum output falls in the dry season, precisely when irrigation demand is highest.
Nothing to service
No engine, no oil changes, no filters, no fuel theft. An annual panel clean and pump check is the whole routine.
Reaches off-grid land
Works where no distribution line runs, opening land that grid pumping cannot economically serve.
The process
From first call to handover
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01
Water & land survey
Water table depth, required daily volume, command area and head calculation.
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02
Pump sizing
Pump, motor and array matched to head and flow, with a VFD sized for real irradiance conditions.
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03
Civil & installation
Foundation, mounting structure, pump set, piping and control panel.
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04
Training & support
Operator training in Bangla, plus a seasonal maintenance schedule.
Questions
About irrigation
Output falls but does not stop. The VFD reduces pump speed to match available power rather than shutting down, so you still irrigate u2014 more slowly. Systems are sized against the worst irrigation month, not the best.
Not without storage, and storage is rarely worth it for irrigation. The standard approach is an overhead tank or reservoir filled during the day and drawn down whenever you need it.
IDCOL has run refinancing programmes for solar irrigation pumps in Bangladesh. Availability varies by scheme and year u2014 we can advise on what is currently open when we survey your site.
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