A MIXED USE SOLAR WIND-GENERATING AND TWELVE KW BECOMES THE FIRST SUSTAINABLE CHEESE FACTORY.

Fenimoy dairy farm located in La Oliva, Fuerteventura, produces goat milk, cheesesteak, using renewable energy systems in the process of care of livestock and dairy development.

The Fenimoy farm is a family farm that manages a 400 head of goats and produces at this time about 700 liters of high quality milk daily.

its owner, Soraya González, He explains that "depending on the time of year we produce or sell cheese milk and goat meat. Little rain this winter has just benefiting the quality and quantity of production ". With her husband manages annually about 182.000 liters of milk and about 26.000 majorero kilos of cheese.

As for the renewable energy equipment installed, Gonzalez says that "the wind and solar system works perfectly, electrical equipment, refrigerators and others have not needed any special adaptation, since the current technology is very reliable and easy to use.

Soraya explains that the installation requires maintenance and, In addition, They have some generators “cases of breakdown or great need”, but really with solar and wind “us is enough ", clarifies González.

These are exemplary facilities for their integration into the environment, by its design and the application of renewable energy to the entire production process. Is an added value to the process that the council has proposed boosting Fuerteventura.

The Fenimoy farm is located on a plot of 15.000 m2 in the valley of the same name in La Oliva. Soraya says that "about three years ago we proposed to put up production, little by little, with a lot of effort. First with a conventional electrical system, but we have gradually installing wind and solar equipment ".

The wind-solar hybrid system has also been designed and installed by a company of Fuerteventura. It has two turbines that coexist perfectly with goats, plus an area for solar power production.

Have the necessary size to produce a 12.000 watios, which they are distributed through four investors 3.000 watts each. With them function normally milking machine, the cheese factory, cold tanks and all the conventional electrical system of the house adjacent to the farm.

The electrical energy produced is not consumed, It is stored in 24 battery; allowing you to leverage the excess energy at night or times when there is not enough wind to run wind turbines.