Dodon

SYSTEM SIZE

100 kW

ANNUAL GENERATION

164.25 MWh

SEQUESTRATION EQUIVALENT

137 acres of forest

COAL REPLACEMENT

126,978 lbs. not burned

Testimonial

“The team at Aurora is the best. They know how to get the USDA grants, know how to deal with the utility company, and they make sure that everything is done right. They always let us know when the installation crew was coming and worked around our training hours in the indoor arena. We met with other companies for this project and could tell right away that Aurora was the best choice. Aurora also had the best deal. Now we have three houses, a winery, and our training operation all powered exclusively by the sun. So glad we did this.”

steuart pittman

Retired Racehorse Project

customer's goals

The Dodon Farm complex, home to vineyards, croplands, pastures, woodlands & a training center began looking into clean energy options in 2014. The farm, with a long history of thoroughbred training (in 1743, Dodon’s stallion Dungannon won the first formal horse race in Maryland) and sustainable farming methods was looking foracleanerenergyalternative. Itsreducedpesticideuseandhealthy land management processes preserve the nearly three hundred year old farm, but the owners wanted to go further with its sustainability practices.

aurora's solution

Through conversations with the Pittman family (9th generation owners of the property) the Aurora team understood the energy needs of the farm and decided on a barn rooftop siting for the solar array.

project results

Dodon now has a training center, winery and three houses powered by solar. Aurora was able to help them take advantage of numerous incentives including federal and state tax credits as well as REAP and MEA grants. The system will save the farm more than $1 million over its lifetime, and will prevent over 115 metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. Sustainable energy for a sustainable way of life. Amazing.