Sicily Farm Installs Flowatt 750W Centrifugal Water Pump for Off-Grid Irrigation

In Sicily, Italy, farmer Marco Russo needed a reliable irrigation solution without high electricity or fuel costs. He installed the Flowatt 72V 750W (1HP) solar centrifugal water pump for off-grid farm irrigation and water transfer.

This Flowatt 750W solar centrifugal water pump provides up to 21,000 L/h flow and 14m max head, delivering reliable water from ponds and storage tanks for vegetable irrigation and farm applications.

Why Choose Centrifugal Water Pump?

Marco skipped a deep well submersible pump for a simple reason: his farm already had ponds and water tanks—surface water sources—so he did not need to drill a well for irrigation. The Flowatt 2-inch 72V 750W solar surface centrifugal water pump sits above the water and draws from existing ponds, canals, or storage tanks, then pushes water into the farm irrigation lines.

That means no borehole, no well casing, and less install time and cost. For Marco’s off-grid farm in Sicily, this solar water pump for irrigation is a faster path to water transfer and crop watering: with sunlight and a surface water source, it runs on solar power by day and turns pond water into reliable agricultural irrigation—without a complex deep-well project first.

Flowatt 750W Solar Centrifugal Water Pump Specs

Marco needed a solar water pump strong enough for daily farm irrigation. The Flowatt 750W centrifugal water pump (FLW-CPM21/14-D72/750) is a 2 inch 1hp solar water pump, with a max head of about 14m and peak flow up to 21,000 L/HR—ideal for fast water transfer from ponds or storage tanks to the field. 

It uses a cast iron pump body and brass impeller, paired with a brushless DC motor and MPPT smart controller so it can run directly from solar panels (recommended solar panles setup: about 550W × 2).For Marco, this is more than a pump—it is a complete solar-powered solution for agricultural irrigation and off-grid water transfer.

How Much Land Can a 750W Solar Pump Irrigate?

The Flowatt 72V 750W solar centrifugal water pump is recommended about 550W × 2 solar panels (around 1100W total). That panels array can power the 750W pump steadily during the day. Irrigated area depends not only on pump flow, but also on how many effective sunshine hours the solar panels can support.

Under typical conditions—about 11m head and roughly 10 m³/h flow—if the system runs about 6 hours a day with good sunlight (matching the 1100W PV setup) and applies 5mm of water per day, this centrifugal water pump for irrigation can cover about 1.2 hectares (around 3 acres / 18 Chinese mu).

Formula 1: Daily water output

Daily water (m³) = Flow(m³/h) × Effective pumping hours(h)

Daily water (m³) = 10m³/h × 6h =60m³/day

Formula 2: Irrigated area

Irrigated area (ha) = Daily water need (m³/ha)÷ Daily water(m³)

Irrigated area(ha)=50÷60=1.2ha

If solar power is undersized or cloudy days reduce sunshine hours, pumping time drops and irrigated area shrinks. In sunny Sicily, a 550W × 2 solar panels setup helps this solar centrifugal water pump for irrigation stay closer to the 1.2-hectare reference above.