Harvesting the sun for peanuts

摘要

Solar power has come a long way since the late 1970s when the first research on solar power to dry peanutstook place.This is especially true in Georgia where a recent vote from the state's Public Service Commission is requiring Georgia Power Company to start using more solar power to produce the electricity this utility company purchases and then resells to its customers.Of course, peanut farmers have long relied on solar energy when they opted for field curing of inverted peanuts left in the field before harvesting with a combine.Solar power was a big topic at the recent Southern Peanut Growers Conference held in Panama City Beach, Fla.