Solar-Powered Irrigation on Our Land in Hama

Every crop on our land in Hama depends on water reaching the field at the right time. This post shows the equipment that does that job.

Solar panels beside the pump house

The small building in this photo is a pump house, with a water tank on its roof. Next to it, rows of solar panels on a steel frame supply the power. The array sits on the edge of the fields, so the pump runs on sunlight instead of a generator, and there is no fuel to bring out to the site.

Sprinklers over the vegetables

On this vegetable field the water goes out through sprinklers. A pipe runs along the edge of the plot and the sprinkler heads spray across the crop. More solar arrays stand behind the field, tilted towards the sun.

Drip lines in the melon rows

Not every crop is watered the same way. In the melon fields, black drip pipes run along the rows and deliver water at the base of the plants. You can see them in the aerial photo in our melon season post.

Our crops are grown without hormones or harmful chemicals, and our Hama land produces more than 1,000 tons of vegetables. More about how we work is on our agriculture services page.