Clean Energy Future helping New South Wales’ farmers
A $1 million energy boost for NSW Farmers The Rural, July 15, 2013, NSW Farmers has received funding of $1 million from the Australian Government to deliver an energy innovation program to farmers across the state. Fiona Simson, President of NSW Farmers, said farmers urgently needed support in reducing their energy costs and in making decisions around their investment in energy related equipment.
“Over the past five years energy costs in NSW have risen approximately 60 percent for small to medium sized farming enterprises. Our own surveys and work by our partners in the program showed that farmers can readily achieve savings, but they also need the right advice and technical support,” she said.
Our farm energy innovation program will provide practical tools and advice to help farmers analyse their energy use and identify solutions. In addition, it will conduct pilots across 20 representative farms, involving the development of detailed strategies for intensive and broad acre operations.
Project partners include the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), the leading energy consulting firm, Energetics and the University of Wollongong’s SMART Infrastructure Facility…….
The program will be launched in August and will ramp up activities over the following two years. It will be delivered by an energy efficiency advisor based at NSW Farmers’ headquarters in Sydney and technical specialists from OEH and Energetics .
The grant received by NSW Farmers and its partners was one of 139 energy efficiency projects to receive funding under the Clean Energy Future package Energy Efficiency Information Grant program to help move Australia towards a low carbon future. http://www.therural.com.au/story/1638044/a-1-million-energy-boost-for-nsw-farmers/?cs=1532
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