Search for those with experience with windmill driven wells

Hello,

First I want to thank you for taking a look at this post.  I'm looking for people in our community that actually have experience in something specific.  I would like to put in an agricultural well for an approximately 10 acre piece of land.  If successful I will scale up for other parcels with improvements.  I completely understand that the type of agriculture on the land can dictate specifications.  The normal ag well scenario is this:  Dig 300' + (in my area), put a high HP pump on top of the well and electricity carries the day.  I'm not looking for that.  I've had multiple ag wells in the past and I'm looking for an alternative.

I'm looking for a situation that has a windmill that pulls up the water and puts it into a storage tank.  I'd like to have multiple options in my set up.  I would like to use gravity for some drip irrigation, I would like to use some sort of pump powered by some alternative energy set up if possible to generate psi for other uses of irrigating other areas.  

The key is this:  I'm willing to set up a wind plus other methods agricultural system that uses a variety of methods.  I'm keeping an open mind to suggestions hence this post.

I'm soliciting opinions from those who have tried this and their successes and not so proud moments.  Some of the specifics I'm looking for are specific brands, specific set ups, cost analysis, etc.  I'm not looking for my question to be answered with a long list of questions.  I think most of you know what I'm talking about there.

So many times  we do our research but it's people selling things and people who actually haven't done what they're talking about.  I'm looking for the veterans.

Thank you

Here is a link to a book, "The homemade windmills of Nebraska" by  Erwin Hinckley Barbour.  It is the full text and images you can read online for free.  




https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112019709481&seq=15

If you are willing to consider solar, we have a LORENTZ PS2-100. Cost, including the solar panel and a stand for the solar panel, was about €1000, including 23% tax. It is a simple system, it works without an inverter or battery. It can pump water 40 meters uphill, and continues to pump in the early evening, when the sun is hitting the back of the solar panel. We have never had any problems with it. Highly recommended.

I have used windmills to pump water from underground for 50 years.
They are very common in Australia and simple to maintain.
I pump to a storage tank and can stop the pump by turning the vanes out of the wind.
southern cross windmills

I don't know where you are but Western US cattle ranchers use windmills. We used them in Arizona. Maybe you can find someone with knowledge there.

Great link to windmills!
I am still reading it a few hours later.

J Hillman wrote:Here is a link to a book, "The homemade windmills of Nebraska" by  Erwin Hinckley Barbour.  It is the full text and images you can read online for free.  




https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112019709481&seq=15

Eleanor Froelich wrote:If you are willing to consider solar, we have a LORENTZ PS2-100. Cost, including the solar panel and a stand for the solar panel, was about €1000, including 23% tax. It is a simple system, it works without an inverter or battery. It can pump water 40 meters uphill, and continues to pump in the early evening, when the sun is hitting the back of the solar panel. We have never had any problems with it. Highly recommended.

Eleanor, when did you buy your pump system? I looked on their website but only see pumps for leachate in landfills and gas well de-watering. No system in their brochure with the number PS2-100.  And it looks like the whole set-up is controlled by the company's Global Management System with a remote command device.  Perhaps they took it off market for "common folk" to buy? Please give more details on how you were able to purchase this.  I have been searching for a long time for a simple solar well pump solution. Thank you.

Here is a link that you can download the pdf

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1298&context=biosysengfacpub

Hi Denise, we bought it about three years ago at a small solar company in Portugal. Lorentz is a German company. The PS2-100 is still listed on the main webpage of lorentz.de and you can find stockists in the US by clicking on a red button on the upper right.  https://www.lorentz.de/products-and-technology/products/ps2-100/

Thank you Eleanor for your efforts to help. For some reason I've been unable to reach the company by way of their contact form. There are a few stockist/distributor/partners in my state so I will try to find their contact numbers by business name which is listed on the form.