Mini solar farms
A mini farm is a small-scale solar plant on rural land, connected to the distribution grid. Solarwin develops them with three partners: whoever brings the land, whoever brings the capital, and whoever uses the energy.
It's a ground-mounted array — not on a roof — on a plot of a few hectares, feeding its energy into the local distribution grid. Unlike a solar park spanning hundreds of hectares, a mini farm fits on a farm property and connects to the grid that already runs through the area.
The energy it produces is sold under contract or offset against the consumption of nearby users. Solarwin structures the project, builds it, operates it and maintains it for its whole useful life.
Small isn't a limitation: it's the strategy.
A small plant connects to the existing distribution grid, with a shorter process than a large plant that needs its own substation and line.
The energy travels a few kilometres between the farm and whoever uses it: fewer grid losses and more value for the local consumer.
Each mini farm is a bounded investment. A delay or a problem in one doesn't compromise the whole portfolio.
The same design, the same equipment and the same process repeat from plot to plot. What's learned on the first makes the tenth cheaper.
Every mini farm needs land, capital and consumers. Pick yours.
We're looking for rural land to lease long-term or buy. The owner earns a steady income from land that, in many cases, produces nothing today.
What we look for in a plot
From 2 hectares, flat or gently sloped
Road access for machinery
Three-phase power line near the property
No environmental or land-use restrictions
Good irradiation and little shading (trees, hills, buildings)
Capital finances the construction of the mini farm; the investor owns the asset and receives the income from the energy sold over the life of the contract, plus the tax benefits Colombian law grants renewable generation.
What's included
A physical asset with a 25-year useful life
Recurring income under an energy contract
Benefits under Law 1715 of 2014 and Law 2099 of 2021
Generation and operations reporting
Anyone living or working near a mini farm will be able to use its energy without panels on their roof. We're registering interest to decide where to build the next ones.
How it would work
You join the waiting list for your area
When there's a mini farm nearby, we share the terms
No works and no equipment at your home or business
Irradiation, slope, access, distance to the grid and land use. We drop it or move on.
Query to the grid operator: available capacity at the connection point, and the process.
Energy contract, investment vehicle and agreement with the landowner.
Design, Tier 1 equipment, works and legalisation with the grid operator.
24/7 monitoring, maintenance and generation reporting for the life of the contract.
It depends on the capacity the grid can take at that point. As a reference, we work with plots from 2 hectares; the pre-feasibility study defines how much is actually used.
A long-term lease, or the sale of the plot, whichever they prefer. Terms are agreed per project, once connection feasibility is confirmed.
The structure — per project or per portfolio — is defined with each investor and formalised by contract, outside this website. Here we only register your interest.
Not yet. We're registering interest by area to decide where to build. Those on the list will be the first to hear the terms when a farm is nearby.
Tell us which, and we'll tell you whether a mini farm is possible.
Talk to Solarwin