The Disadvantages of Solar Powered Irrigation:
- High initial costs for material and installation and long ROI
- Needs lots of space as efficiency is not 100% yet
- No solar power at night so there is a need for a large battery bank
- Some people think they are ugly (I am definitely not one of those!)
- Devices that run on DC power directly are more expensive
- Depending on geographical location the size of the solar panels vary for the same power generation
- Cloudy days do not produce much energy
- Solar panels are not being massed produced due to lack of material and technology to lower the cost enough to be more affordable
- Solar powered cars do not have the same speeds and power as typical gas powered cars
- Lower production in the winter months