Aura - Farm Energy Intelligence

Farm energy decision assistant for propane timing, solar analysis, and voice briefings.

Deployed website: http://3.16.154.16:5001/

Problem Statement

Farmers often make propane and energy decisions with fragmented data, delayed updates, and limited time to compare options.

Solution

Aura combines market, weather, and farm-profile inputs into one dashboard to provide clear recommendations, savings insights, and simple daily actions.

Features

• Propane buy-signal recommendations (BUY/HOLD/WAIT) from market + farm context.
• Solar sizing and savings analysis with monthly generation charts.
• Daily voice briefing and chat assistant for quick farm-energy guidance.
• Email alerts when proactive buy conditions are met.

Run locally

Backend

cd backend
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py

Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Datasets Used

• ZIP/location reference data (uszipcode local DB/cache)
• User farm profiles
• User purchase/history records
• ZenPower solar permit dataset

APIs Used

• EIA Open Data API
• USDA ERS ARMS API
• USDA NASS QuickStats API
• NREL PVWatts v8 API
• NOAA CDO/NCDC API
• Zippopotam.us API
• Google Gemini API
• ElevenLabs API
• SendGrid API (email alerts)