Published - 22 November 2023 By Kelly Wickham Investing in Sustainable Energy – Larkman Nurseries – Webinar recording Agriculture Victoria hosted a webinar on investing in sustainable energy with Larkman Nurseries. In this webinar Kelly Wickham, Agriculture Victoria, provides an overview of horticulture energy … Read More battery storage, energy efficiency, farm energy, Heat pump, horticulture, irrigation, photovoltaic, Renewable Energy, solar, webinar Case Studies, Energy Efficiency, Energy Options, Horticulture, Solar, Uncategorized
Published - 11 May 2023 By Julie Harman Sustainability with solar As their Central Victorian free-range pig business grew, farmers Jason and Belinda Hagan found opportunities for greater farm efficiency, cost savings and equally important, producing … Read More AEIP, photovoltaic, pig, Piggery, solar Case Studies, Livestock, Solar
Published - 11 May 2023 By Julie Harman Sustainable off-grid poultry farming The Darcra Poultry Farm in Victoria’s Wimmera was one of the first broiler farms in Australia to go completely off-grid – but with the rising … Read More AEIP, photovoltaic, Poultry, solar Case Studies, Poultry, Solar
Published - 11 May 2023 By Julie Harman Solar and heat pumps deliver Like most dairies, heating water along with cooling milk were the biggest electricity uses at the Johnson’s dairy. For the Johnsons, involvement with the Victorian … Read More AEIP, cooling, dairy, energy efficiency, Heat pump, heating, photovoltaic, solar, solar panel Case Studies, Energy Efficiency, Livestock, Solar
Published - 11 May 2023 By Julie Harman Cool benefits from milk chilling McCarthy Dairy milk around 600 cows operating a spring and autumn calving system. Their annual milk production has grown in recent years from 3.5 million … Read More AEIP, Chiller, dairy, energy efficiency, photovoltaic, solar Case Studies, Energy Efficiency, Livestock, Solar, Uncategorized
Published - 21 April 2023 By Jodie Harrison (Agriculture Victoria) Podcast: Alternative energy with Craig Henderson Do you enjoy listening to podcasts? Then we have some good news for you, season five of “AgVic Talk” is now live and includes episodes … Read More Alternative energy, Podcast, Poultry, renewables, solar Energy Efficiency, Energy Options
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 - 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 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 - 9 May 2022 By Rajandeep Singh (Agriculture Victoria) Web-based interface is providing real-time monitoring of energy data in the Agrivoltaics experiment iSolarCloud, a web-based interface developed by Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. is used for real-time monitoring of energy data in the Agrivoltaics experiment at the … Read More Agrivoltaics, horticulture, pears, solar, Tatura SmartFarm Agrivoltaics
Published - 1 March 2022 By Liz Hutton, NSW DPI 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 … Read More Agrivoltaics, bioenergy, clean energy, diesel alternatives, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, energy efficiency, fuel cell, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen technologies, solar Bioenergy/ Biofuels, Case Studies, Energy Efficiency, Energy Farming, Energy Options, New Technologies, Other Renewables, Resources, Uncategorized
Published - 14 February 2022 By John “JOC” O’Connor, NSW DPI 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 … Read More Agrivoltaics, battery storage, cheese production, dairy, energy efficiency, energy farming, peer-to-peer, sheep, solar Case Studies, Energy Efficiency, Energy Farming, Grants, Livestock, New Technologies, Other Renewables, Solar
