‘Solar Storage + Farm’ | Dyness BF100 Unlocks New Possibilities for Sustainable Agriculture in the Netherlands

In late January 2026, two Dyness BF100 commercial and industrial energy storage systems were successfully delivered and commissioned at a modern Dutch farm. This project not only represents a valuable exploration for modern agriculture but also provides a clear answer to the question: ‘How can green agriculture truly utilise green electricity efficiently?’

Confronting Challenges: Alleviating Modern Agriculture's ‘Energy Anxiety’

The client for this delivery is a local modern Dutch farm. The farm not only possesses mature photovoltaic power generation facilities but is also equipped with highly automated livestock breeding and environmental control systems. However, as operational demands for power stability and economic efficiency escalated, the client faced two core challenges:

1. Significant Photovoltaic Curtailment

During daytime peak generation, substantial surplus electricity cannot be fully consumed locally. Part of this power is forced to feed into the grid at low rates or is directly wasted, creating ‘curtailment’ that undermines the actual utilization rate of clean energy.

2. Extremely stringent power continuity requirements

The farm's highly automated environmental control equipment demands exceptional power supply stability. During nighttime hours or unexpected grid outages, these systems must remain operational to safeguard animal welfare and production safety.

In summary, the client urgently requires an energy storage solution that both enhances PV utilization efficiency and ensures stable operation of critical loads.

Photovoltaic-Storage Integration: Building a Zero-Carbon Defensive Moat

Tailored to client requirements, Dyness' Dutch team delivered a bespoke system solution based on the BF100 energy storage battery cabinet. This system enables efficient coordination of the client's photovoltaic installations while delivering dual enhancements in economic viability and operational stability.

• Peak-Valley Arbitrage for Optimized Returns:

The system employs Dyness' proprietary cloud platform and mobile application to formulate intelligent charge-discharge management strategies, thereby increasing photovoltaic absorption rates. During peak PV generation periods, surplus electricity is stored in batteries, preventing value loss from direct grid injection. At night or during high grid tariff periods, stored power is released for farm use, significantly increasing the ‘self-consumption rate’ of PV generation. The system also monitors real-time electricity prices to formulate optimal charging and discharging schedules, maximizing cost savings on electricity consumption and boosting overall returns.

• UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply Assurance:

The system features rapid switching capability, instantly providing uninterrupted power to critical loads such as automated environmental control systems during grid outages. This ensures stable operation of the farm's core facilities during emergencies.

BF100: The Preferred Choice for Outdoor Commercial Energy Storage

The deployed BF100 is Dyness's dedicated DC battery cabinet engineered for outdoor environments. Featuring intelligent air-cooled thermal management, it achieves AC output when paired with third-party wall-mounted hybrid inverters. Widely compatible with small-scale commercial premises such as office parks, commercial buildings, and charging stations, it represents the preferred solution for outdoor commercial energy storage applications.

The BF100 product's four core advantages provide robust assurance for this project:

1. Flexible Scalability: Single-unit capacity options of 86/100 kWh support DC-side expansion, enabling users to configure total system capacity flexibly according to actual requirements and supporting dynamic future expansion of farm scale.

2. Minimal Maintenance: Modular design with side outlet mode significantly simplifies installation and reduces ongoing maintenance, lowering full lifecycle operational costs.

3. Safety and Reliability: Integrated three-level fire detection, active exhaust, and passive explosion-proof design provide multi-layered safeguards to eliminate hazards, ensuring stable and secure operation across diverse environments.

4. Extended Lifespan: Utilizing 280 Ah LFP cells, it delivers enhanced safety and extended cycle life, providing customers with sustained, reliable investment returns.

Empowering Green Energy for Agriculture's Future

The successful implementation of this Dutch project not only resolves practical challenges of solar curtailment and power supply stability but also demonstrates the critical value of energy storage systems in modern agriculture. By deeply integrating renewable energy, intelligent electricity consumption, and production operations, it transforms energy from a cost center into a value center.

On the path towards smart agriculture and low-carbon transformation, Dyness is building efficient, sustainable energy systems for more farms with its high-performance, highly reliable BF100 energy storage solutions. This empowers customers to advance towards smarter farm operations that are more efficient, low-carbon, and resilient.

Moving forward, Dyness will continue to deepen its expertise in energy storage, driven by technological innovation and scenario-based insights. Collaborating with partners, it will advance the widespread adoption of clean energy, composing a new chapter in green development.