Economic evaluation of farm energy audits and benchmarking of energy use on vegetable farms
12 January 2015Gas fuelled on farm power generation
22 January 2015Infotech Research conducted a series of 22 energy audits of levy paying vegetable growers in 2014, as part of a project with Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited (formerly known as Horticulture Australia Limited). We found that while individual operations vary, most of the energy used on a farm is as diesel fuel for cultivation, planting, irrigation and harvesting. Electrical energy consumption is less but costs about the same as diesel, while LPG is the predominant fuel used by forklifts. This workbook has been developed as an extension from the a HAL project conducting on-farm energy audits and economic evaluations. Contained within this workbook is 74 energy saving opportunities for Australian vegetable growers as well as a tool for you to enter information specific to your farm.