Stephen Hekkerot, founder and general director of the company for the production of electrical tractors Solectrac, in the article on the Rotato Crower portal.
"While electric cars, two-wheeled cars, buses and trucks appeared in urban landscapes around the world and reflect the growing desire to abandon vehicles running on fuel, a quiet revolution also occurs in the APC. Recognizing the need for the modernization of the agricultural sector, as well as to reduce its contribution to global warming, farmers caring for the environment change the methods of their work. And time cannot be more appropriate.
In 2021, the United Nations applies the world in the world for food systems in the framework of the decade of actions to achieve sustainable development goals for the period up to 2030, with a call to all interested parties - from scientists and politicians to groups of indigenous peoples and farmers - Work together to make tangible positive changes in global food systems.
Farm work is directly related to the environment and sustainable food production, which affects people, community and economy.
Currently, according to the US Department of Agriculture, agricultural activities are 10.5 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions.
Since this number may increase if measures are not taken, far-sighted agrarians go to intellectual technologies not only to eliminate damage caused by the environment, but also to ensure the stability of crops, the safety of workers and profitability.
Among innovation, such as soil sensors and crop and solutions for real-time monitoring, electric tractors are ready to play an important role to protect the climate, helping to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In Canada and California, SOLECTRAC launches a line of fully electric tractors with battery powered, including compact agricultural models.
The company, the first in North America for the production and sale of electric tractors not affecting the climate, is currently selling a compact electric tractor with a capacity of 30 horsepower, equivalent to a diesel engine. This tractor is suitable for hobby farms, greenhouses, small vineyards, golf courses and landscape maintenance in municipalities. It is expected that it will be available in the international market in 2022.
California is chosen as an ideal place for Solectrac technologies, as the state intends to refuse gasoline cars and trucks by 2035 in combating climate change.
In addition to charging from the power grid, electric tractors can feed from clean renewable energy, such as wind and sun, which helps farmers gain independence from infrastructure restrictions and instability of prices associated with fossil fuel. Electric motors also have significantly less details, and therefore, it is easier and cheaper in service than analogues working on fossil fuel. In fact, the electrotrostrix electrotractor engines have one moving part compared to about 300 moving parts in the tractors with a diesel engine.
In Canada, a farmer from Ontario uses one of the first Solectrac Eutility tractors from August 2018. Just six months after the purchase, the owner of Tony Neil said that the electric tractor helped to save about 50 percent of the work costs, not to mention the future savings on the maintenance of the tractor with just one moving part. With the help of like-minded people, Nile was able to establish solar panels with a capacity of 10 kilowatts, which charge his tractor in about five hours. When they are not used for the tractor, the panels are heated by the farmer's house and supply energy for other equipment.
Although financial and environmental benefits are obvious, electric tractors also bring significant benefit to the health of workers. Diesel couples not only can contribute to the occurrence of respiratory diseases, they act at the level of the decibel, which can lead to a loss of hearing during prolonged exposure. On the other hand, electric tractors do not pollute the environment and work silently, which allows you to create a safer environment for people. "
(Source: www.potatograwer.com. Author: Stephen Hekkerot, founder and general director of the company for the production of electrical tractors SOLECTRAC).