Published - 21 October 2022 By Nick Tsaktsiras (Agriculture Victoria) Recouping your energy upgrade costs – Using the Victorian Energy Upgrades program Transcript: Recouping your energy upgrade costs – Using the VEU program By participating in the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) Program, farmers can potentially recoup 10-100% of … Read More case study, dairy, energy, VEU Case Studies, Energy Efficiency, Grants
Published - 21 October 2022 By Nick Tsaktsiras (Agriculture Victoria) Victorian Energy Upgrades Program – Spring Hill Poultry Transcript: Victorian Energy Upgrades Program – Spring Hill Poultry By participating in the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) Program, Spring Hill poultry is expected to recoup 40-50% … Read More Poultry, solar, Spring Hill, VEECs, VEU Case Studies, Energy Efficiency, Grants, Livestock, Solar
Published - 21 October 2022 By Nick Tsaktsiras (Agriculture Victoria) Victorian Energy Upgrades Program – G.T. Orchards Transcript – Victorian Energy Upgrades Program – G.T. Orchards‘ Through participation in the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) Program, G.T. Orchards is expected to recoup around 20% … Read More Apples, horticulture, Orchard, VEECs, VEU Case Studies, Energy Efficiency, Grants, Horticulture
Published - 21 October 2022 By Nick Tsaktsiras (Agriculture Victoria) Victorian Energy Upgrades Program – Lonsdale Tomatoes Transcript – Victorian Energy Upgrades – Lonsdale Tomatoes Participating in the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) Program means Lonsdale Tomatoes is estimated to recoup in the order … Read More horticulture, Tomatoes, VEECs, VEU Case Studies, Energy Efficiency, Grants, Horticulture
Published - 21 October 2022 By Nick Tsaktsiras (Agriculture Victoria) Victorian Energy Upgrades Program – MainStream Aquaculture Transcript – VEU Program – MainStream Aquaculture Participating in the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program is expected to allow MainStream Aquaculture to recoup in the order … Read More Aquaculture, case study, VEECs, VEU Case Studies, Energy Efficiency, Grants
Published - 26 August 2022 By Sarah Clack (Agriculture Victoria) Managing power outages on-farm – Victoria The loss of power to farms can cause the failure of critical infrastructure including livestock water systems, electric fences, milk-harvesting equipment, automated feeding systems, heating … Read More on-farm, power outage, risk Energy Efficiency, Energy Options
Published - 26 August 2022 By Sarah Clack (Agriculture Victoria) Energy Storage Options – Webinar recording Energy storage technologies provide the opportunity to capture excess energy generated on-farm to be utilised at a later time when there is energy demand. Agriculture Victoria … Read More batteries, dairy, kinetic, power storage, solar, thermal Energy Efficiency, Energy Options
Published - 5 August 2022 By Agriculture Victoria Wind Turbines Factsheet Wind Turbines A wind turbine is a device that converts the wind’s kinetic energy into electrical energy. Wind turbines can rotate about either a horizontal or … Read More dairy, Ellinbank, wind turbines Ellinbank
Published - 5 August 2022 By Agriculture Victoria Solar Energy System Factsheet Solar Energy System A solar photovoltaic (PV) system, often referred to as solar panels or solar power, generates renewable electricity by converting energy from the sun. A … Read More AEIP, dairy, Ellinbank, Soal Energy System Ellinbank
Published - 5 August 2022 By Agriculture Victoria Pumped Hydro Factsheet PUMPED HYDRO The energy demonstrations at the Ellinbank SmartFarm includes a mini hydroelectric system. From a storage tank at the top of a hill, water is … Read More AEIP, dairy, Ellinbank, Pumped Hydro Ellinbank
Published - 5 August 2022 By Agriculture Victoria Solar and Battery for Dam Water Pump System Factsheet Solar Energy System Apart from captured rainwater, the farm’s water supply is provided by water pumped from a spring-fed dam (called the ‘Farm D’ dam). To reduce … Read More AEIP, Battery, dairy, Ellinbank, Pump System, solar Ellinbank
Published - 5 August 2022 By Agriculture Victoria Dairy Shed Chiller Upgrade Factsheet Energy Efficiency Upgrades Following an on-farm energy assessment, a number of recommendations were adopted to improve the energy efficiency of milk harvesting processes in the dairy. This … Read More AEIP, Chiller, dairy, Ellinbank, Heat recovery system Ellinbank
