Energy farming is about producing energy as a co-product of agriculture. This section explores how farms can generate electricity, heat, or fuel from biomass, solar, wind, and other renewable sources. It includes examples of agrivoltaics, bioenergy crops, and integrated systems that combine food and energy production.
By diversifying income streams and improving resource efficiency, energy farming offers a pathway to greater resilience and sustainability. The section also highlights emerging technologies and market opportunities that are shaping the future of farming in Victoria and beyond.
Fuel and energy top of mind?
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 ...
Growing horticulture through protected cropping innovation
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 ...
Landowners and renewable energy developments: what you need to know – webinar recording
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 ...
Insights from the Agriculture Energy Investment Plan – Webinar recording
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 ...
Nursery a wrap for igloo insulation
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 ...
Can diesel fuel farming forever?
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 ...
Real world applications of hydrogen technologies
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 ...
How does a hydrogen fuel cell work?
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 ...
Pecora Dairy Energy Efficiency Solutions Pilot Project
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 ...
The H2Cuts Trailer: Looking forward – looking back
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 ...
Updated Community Engagement and Benefit Sharing in Renewable Energy Development in Victoria guide
The Victorian Dept of Environment, Land, Water and Planning’s (DELWP) guide outlines practical advice on best practice community engagement and benefit sharing relating to large-scale renewable energy developments such as ...
Australian Guide to Agrisolar for Large-scale Solar
The ‘Australian Guide to Agrisolar for Large-scale Solar’ was developed to assist proponents of utility-scale solar, and the landholders and farmers who work with them, to integrate agricultural activities into ...
