NSW Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development (DPIRD) has a practical set of resources to help farmers take small low-cost actions to improve fuel efficiency — covering everything from efficient machinery set up and operation to selecting a fuel-efficient tractor. Check out the resources here: Reducing your energy usage [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBN-2cNf84 Doctors Ian Goodwin and Alessio Scalisi from Agriculture Victoria present findings from their leading four-year agrivoltaics experiment at the Tatura SmartFarm, Panels Over Pears. This research is among the first worldwide to deliver results on the long-term impacts of solar panels over fruit crops. The study [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff1Sbfd-owk Do you want to know more about the renewable energy transition and the processes involved with renewable energy developments? At times, landowners in suitable areas are contacted by developers exploring potential locations for solar farms, wind farms or battery energy storage systems for connection to the electricity [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANp48Qv1BTk The Agriculture Energy Investment Plan has supported agricultural businesses to reduce energy costs, improve energy efficiency and explore alternative energy options through energy assessments, grants, demonstrations, research and extension. Agriculture Victoria hosted a webinar to share insights and key findings from the research and demonstration projects completed [...]
Daryl Pulford and Paul Van De Ven aimed to make the Toolangi Nursery business more sustainable – involvement with the Victorian Government’s Agriculture Energy Investment Plan (AEIP) has delivered that goal and more. Toolangi Wholesale Nurseries is a family-owned business supplying potted plants to nurseries and retailers across the east [...]
The May-June edition of NSW Farmers 'The Farmer' magazine looks at workable alternatives to diesel for on-farm use in the face of soaring prices, supply chain interruptions and pressure to decarbonise. NSW DPI's very own John O'Connor is quoted in the article, pointing out that substituting renewable diesel for petroleum [...]
Dr Neil Thompson, Adjunct Associate Professor with the Centre for Clean Energy Technologies at the Queensland University of Technology, has created a series of three short videos for the NSW Department of Primary Industries explaining how innovative green hydrogen technologies have been successfully applied to practical applications. BOC Bulwer Island [...]
Hydrogen fuel cells are being touted as a promising technology to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the transport sector. Hydrogen fuel cells use the chemical energy stored in hydrogen to produce electricity, with only water and heat as by-products. So how does a hydrogen fuel cell work? A [...]
The NSW DPI Energy Efficiency Solutions project has implemented pilot projects on a range of farms around NSW during 2021 to address the cost, reliability and the sustainability of energy use on farms. One of these pilots was implemented at Pecora Dairy, a sheep dairy and boutique cheese producer in [...]
The old Slim Dusty song “Looking Forward Looking Back” sprang to mind as I started to write about the NSW Department of Primary Industries’ H2Cuts trailer, which provides information on saving energy and new and alternative energy technologies. It's a practical example of a circular economy, collecting and recycling waste [...]
