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Solar proves a winner, delivering real savings to chicken growers
Read More... can require a lot of power, especially during heat spells. Solar PV systems provide great value for chicken growers, as they maximise energy savings during hot and sunny days. ...
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Solar pumping and energy efficiency workshop for irrigators
Read More... energy costs, energy-efficiency gains and opportunities for renewable energy on farm. The Narrabri workshop will cover: cost ... to reduce emissions for existing irrigation systems; solar pumping systems; renewables case studies; and government funding ...
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Study calls for national program addressing link between energy and water efficiency
Read MoreIrrigation-rig.jpg A ... and undermining agricultural productivity. It calls for a radical rethink of regional electricity distribution under which government would co-fund investment in solar power installed on irrigation farms, coupled with a program addressing ...
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Boosting energy efficiency at a Central Tableland vineyard
Read More... with Justin and Pip Jarrett about what to do after the solar feed-in tariff ends in December 2016. Jarrett’s Wines has the potential ... include a review of energy-efficient design options for a new coolroom as part of their business expansion and integrated solar ...
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Low cost energy opportunities deliver over $20k of energy savings for mixed cropping farm in Northern NSW
Read More... operation requires around 450,000 litres p.a. of diesel fuel for sowing, harvesting, trucking/transport and pumping. The farm owns five ... (p.a.)Payback Table 3: Full list of opportunities. Solar/diesel hybrid for workshop & cottages or grid connected system for ...
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Insights provided by fuel and electricity monitoring drive energy plans for sheep farm near Conargo
Read More... discovered from on-site generation using a combination of solar and wind. But how will the business case stack up? Monitoring and ... Steam Plains’ energy profile Energy is used mainly for pumping: 80% is used for irrigating crops and 20% to provide water for ...
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Rejigged tariffs and equipment fixes to boost Riverina dairy farm's bottom line
Read More... could be made by renegotiating the electricity tariff for the property’s water pump. Other fixes deemed worth considering were ... at current energy use on the property, including on-site solar photovoltaics, solar PV pumping for the dairy shed, and the energy ...
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New thinking needed about regional electricity supply
Read More... electricity to achieve ambitous government targets for growth in agribusiness. Agriculture is a major energy user both on ... reliance on diesel for high seasonal energy loads such as irrigation pumping. Urban centres have historically subsidised ... might collaborate with industry to install enough solar across an irrigation district to shed the peak load imposed on the ...
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Backyard ingenuity reduces energy costs in Griffith
Read More... Biomass is a fuel source that could replace diesel for farmers prepared to make the investment but the technology is not readily ... looking at ways of optimising the operation of the existing solar pumping units, ensuring that panels are orientated correctly, and looking ...
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Australia’s biggest organic winery halves power bill
Read More... installing: a 5mm stainless steel screen for the winery greywater drains; a 1mm filtration unit for the greywater ... continue: by January 2013, Tamburlaine had installed a 30kW solar power-generation system consisting of 119 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. ...