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This Indian Farmer is Pioneering a Mobile Solar Plant to Irrigate his Crops

Harjinder Singh originally used fixed solar panels to irrigate his farms, but thieves began to steal the panels. So he and local workshop owner Gurdarshan Singh came up with a solution - a mobile solar plant. Together they devised this system with 24 solar panels attached to a steel frame that folds up into a tractor trailer. So the mobile solar plant can be towed from farm to farm, and stored safely when not in use. Here’s more.

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