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Solar panels installed on Matt Allen s farm at Newport, Co Tipperary. \ Odhran Ducie Solar PV continues to grow in interest among the agricultural sector. This reliable, non-intrusive technology can provide real opportunities to reduce your farm’s electricity bill while helping to decarbonise the sector. There are currently a number of grants and schemes in place to incentivise the uptake of solar PV systems. It is important to match the size of the solar system with your farm’s energy usage, as you currently are not paid for excess electricity produced. This is all about to change, as the Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS) is due to be launched later this summer and will, for the first time, pay small producers of renewable electricity for their excess electricity which they export the grid. ....