About Solar Ranch

Starting with a large parcel of unimproved land, envision the building of a sustainably designed environment for human habitation that supports itself through the sale of electrical energy produced on the property and sold to the local electric company. The energy produced will be done through green methods - solar and wind systems. This will be a small scale production unit that is contained on approximately 1/4 of the property.

There will also be structures on the property to be used as residences, workshops and educational units. This portion of the Solar Ranch will focus on offering on-site educational programs covering all aspect of sustainable living in a desert environment and alternative building materials. Solar Ranch is still in its initial stages of development.

Some of the systems that the Solar Ranch Sustainable Living Community plans to include are:

Wind/Solar Electrical Generation

• Systems: Wind Generators and Solar Panels
• Initial Power Output: 20Kw

Sustainable Living Center:

• Passive Solar Designed Buildings made of:
  • Strawbale
  • Adobe
  • Rammed Earth


• Southwestern Permaculture Concepts
  • Graywater systems
  • Water Catchment
  • Swales
  • Composting
  • Organic Gardening
  • Companion Planting
  • Xeriscaping
  • Solar Hot Water Heating
  • Solar Water Pumping
  • Solar Radiant Floor Heating

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