Installing solar panels to help supply power to the 18-hole golf course that is part of a 4,500-acre ranch has fit with the Spearfish, S.D. property’s goal of lessening its environmental impact and being a community asset.
Elkhorn Ridge Golf Club and Resort Installs Solar Panels for Irrigation System
The Spearfish, S.D. property installed 234 solar panels to help assist with the energy used by the club’s irrigation system for the back nine holes. The system will generate a yearly average of 120 MWh (megawatt hours), around 43 percent of the property’s annual usage for the irrigation system, and should cut the club’s electrical…