Rooftop solar worth €1,249 a year on average Irish dairy farm

Dairy farms could earn between €208 and €2,773 per annum from selling electricity to the national grid

Cattle on a farm in Gironde, France, where panels on the shed roof generate renewable energy. Later this year, Irish farmers can sell excess renewable energy into the grid, while saving on the farm power bill. ICOS says dairy farms are a perfect fit for solar energy microgeneration. File Picture. 

ICOS says dairy farms can earn between €208 and €2,773 per annum, from selling electricity to the national grid, when the Micro-Generation Support Scheme goes ahead.

And they will potentially save €843 to €2,341 per annum off their farm energy bills.