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Pump water with the sun, not with diesel
For irrigation, solar pumping replaces the tank of diesel: while the sun is up, the panels drive the pump. How many panels, though, depends entirely on your plot — the flow rate you are after, the head the pump must overcome, the depth of the borehole and the water the crop needs. We take those four measurements before we propose anything at all.
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- Measurements taken on site
- 0%
- VAT on agricultural pumping
- Tier-1
- Array and drive, same as our roofs
How it works
From sun to field, in four stages
01
Solar capture
From sunrise to sunset, the panels turn sunlight into electricity. To know how many you need, we start from the volume of water to deliver and work back to the array: the irrigation need sets the power, and the array is sized to match.
02
Pumping with the sun
Direct drive, usually without batteries: the pump runs through the daylight hours and pushes more water the stronger the sunlight. No battery bank to buy, cool or replace every eight years.
03
Storing water, not energy
The reserve is the tank, not the battery. We pump at midday, when the array is at full power, and irrigate when the crop needs it. The water waits in the tank; it does not discharge and it does not age.
04
Variable-speed drive control
The drive matches the pump speed to the energy available, ramps the motor up gently and shuts it down on a fault — dry running, undervoltage, overload. This is the electronics that rides out passing clouds and the changing seasons.
Every order of magnitude depends on your site: before the borehole survey we can walk you through the method, but not quote a figure we'd stand behind. The array and the drive, for their part, rely on the same tier-1 brands as our rooftops — see the equipment →
Four measurements
What decides the sizing
An oversized pump wastes panels; a pump cut too fine runs dry in the heat of July. The right answer sits at the intersection of four concrete variables, all measured on site before we open a single catalogue.
Flow rate
The volume of water to deliver, in m³/h or m³/day. It comes from the crop and the area to irrigate; it is the figure that drives every other.
Total head (HMT)
The total head: everything the pump has to overcome, added up — the depth of the water level in the borehole, the rise up to the tank, and friction losses in the pipes. Underestimate the head and you underflow all summer.
Borehole depth
The well depth, and above all the dynamic level — what the water drops to with the pump running — decide between a submersible and a surface pump, and set the array power.
Crop water needs
The crop, the irrigated area and the season set the target volume. It opens the calculation: once fixed, it dictates the pump, the drive and the size of the array.
With these four figures in hand, the system almost designs itself. Without them — when the flow rate or the head is missing — we'd be left guessing, and we don't size a pump on guesswork. Request an assessment →
The four measurements taken on site together determine one coherent system — not four separate calculations.
Printable tool
The sizing worksheet, filled in on site
Print this sheet, fill it in at the borehole or the tank with your own measurements, then send us a photo of it on WhatsApp — that is often enough to prepare your study before we even speak for the first time.
These four measurements are the same ones described above on this page — none is required to start the conversation, but the more you fill in, the more precise our first reply will be.
Verified tax advantage
Agricultural pumping, VAT-exempt
In Morocco, solar water-pumping systems are exempt from VAT — and the exemption covers the lot: the pump as much as the panels that power it. For a farm, that is money that never lands on the equipment bill, and it brings forward the day the system has paid for itself in diesel never burned.
Not to be confused
The exemption is for agricultural pumping — the pump and its array — and it does not extend to residential rooftop photovoltaics. Solar on a house roof still carries VAT: two separate regimes, and we will never promise to carry one across to the other.
The calculation that matters to you
Against diesel, against butane
A farmer doesn't compare kWc, they compare tanks. Every hour of diesel or butane pumping has a cost that moves with the day's price — and decompensated butane costs, in reality, considerably more than the subsidized cylinder's sticker price suggests. Solar fixes that cost at zero once the system is paid off: the sun doesn't send an invoice.
Diesel & butane
A recurring cost, indexed to a price that moves, tank after tank, season after season. Decompensated butane weighs even heavier on the real bill than the subsidized cylinder's sticker price suggests.
Solar pumping
A one-time investment, VAT-exempt, then a running cost close to zero: the crossover point with diesel or butane depends on your actual consumption — which is exactly what the study calculates, figure by figure, for your plot.
The day's fuel price and your pump's actual running hours change the calculation from one farm to the next: that's why the exact figure — and the number of years to payback — comes out of the study, never a national average. Request my study →
Financing lead — to verify
Agricultural subsidy (FDA) and financing (Saquii)
The Moroccan state has historically offered an Agricultural Development Fund subsidy for solar pumping, and Crédit Agricole du Maroc offers financing mechanisms dedicated to agricultural solar. Current rates, caps and conditions change and depend on your DPA/ ORMVA — we publish no percentage or amount until it has been verified with the relevant body.
To verify with your DPA before any commitment — Taqinor is neither a lender nor a subsidizing body and guarantees no eligibility.
To go further
Agriculture, a business segment
Solar pumping belongs to the working farm, not to the plug-in kit you wire up yourself. After the borehole survey and the sizing calculation, we install tier-1 hardware and the system is handed over with its full technical file.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions — solar pumping
Maintenance frequency
Does a solar pumping system need maintenance?
With no battery or storage electronics to monitor, maintenance mainly concerns the photovoltaic array (cleaning) and the variable-speed drive that runs the pump. The exact cadence of a dedicated maintenance contract remains to be set case by case per site — we publish no generic figure until it is measured on your plot.
How the price is calculated
How is the price of a solar pumping system calculated?
The price follows the photovoltaic array and the pump, sized on four measurements taken on site: the target flow rate, the total dynamic head, the borehole depth and the crop’s water needs. Without those four figures we cannot give any order of magnitude — the calculation is always done at the assessment stage, never from a national average.
What’s included / excluded
What is included in a solar pumping system?
The photovoltaic array and its variable-speed drive — sized on flow rate, head and water needs —, the same tier-1 equipment as our roofs, and the technical file. Solar pumping includes neither an inverter nor a battery: the pump runs with the sun, and the water is stored in the reservoir, not in a battery.
What is not covered by the warranty?
Accidental damage or an external impact, an intervention by a third party not authorised by Taqinor, a clear lack of maintenance, a force-majeure event and normal wear beyond the guaranteed thresholds — the same generic rule as for our residential and business roofs. No inverter or battery is concerned here, as this service does not fit either.
Timelines
What is the timeline from the borehole survey to commissioning?
Surveying the four measurements (flow rate, head, borehole depth, water needs) comes before any costing: without them, we size nothing. Once those measurements are in hand, the system is calculated and the quote follows the same path as a business site — assessment, direct exchange, then full study.
Warranties
What warranties cover a solar pumping system?
Panels: 12 years product and 30 years linear performance (≥ 87.4 % of initial power at 30 years) — the same tier-1 equipment as our roofs. Taqinor installation and labour: 2 years. No inverter or battery warranty is listed here: this service includes neither.
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