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The poultry industry in Queensland

The Poultry Industry use significant amounts of energy in the form of electricity for ventilation, lighting and smaller pumps and motors for feeding and watering along with gas for heating.

Queensland’s poultry production is valued at $630 million and is supplied by approximately 90 farms with 90% of these located in the state’s South East. The industry remains one of the fastest growing in Queensland a 21% increase in value over the past 5 years. The relatively low cost of chicken comparative to other meats is expected to continue the meats consumption and industry growth.

Top energy efficiencies for the poultry industry.

Heating Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC) - Condensor motor, VSD, ventilation fans and heating upgrades.

Lighting and General- Replacement and retrofitting of lights with LEDs, infrastructure and general changes, including power factor correction.

Solar systems - Ranging in size from 5-100kW.

Solar and batteries.

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Queensland Poultry Farms

This case study highlights the outcomes of energy audits on two Poultry farms taking part in the Energy Savers Program.

Energy Savings 37% Cost Savings $53,223

South-East

Brisbane Chicken Farm

An energy audit showed how improving the current systems can lead to energy and cost savings. The recommendations explored in the audit included change the current electricity tariff and install a solar PV system.

Energy Savings 24% Cost Savings $11,200

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Queensland Renewable Energy Landholder Toolkit

The Queensland Renewable Energy Landholder Toolkit to assist and inform landholders as they respond to and negotiate with energy industry representatives about accessing land and developing renewable energy projects.

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Dairy Horticulture Poultry Nursery and garden Pork Grains and fodder Eggs Cotton Sugarcane Beef Aquaculture Atherton Tablelands Border Rivers Cape York Peninsula Central West Darling Downs Dry Tropics South-West Southern Downs Torres Strait Wet Tropics Wide Bay Burnett Fitzroy Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday Maranoa-Balonne North West South-East Not applicable Boom Centre Pivot Drip Flood Hydroponic Micro irrigation Solid set Travelling gun Not applicable Irrigation and Pumps Refrigeration Heating Air Conditioning Lighting Motors and Fans Gas Biogas Demand Management Diesel Power Factor Correction Tariffs Solar Power and Renewables Batteries and Storage Real time Metering Variable Speed Drives

Financing your energy projects

Once you’ve identified energy savings or renewable energy opportunities for your farm, the next challenge is to find the funds or finance to make it happen.

There are a number of options to either reduce up-front costs or reduce the borrowing costs for the project. These can include new efficient pumps, motors, compressors, vehicles, lights, renewable energy systems and many other products.

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Aquaculture Beef Cotton Dairy Eggs Grains and fodder Horticulture Nursery and garden Pork Poultry Sugarcane Atherton Tablelands Border Rivers Cape York Peninsula Central West Darling Downs Dry Tropics Fitzroy Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday Maranoa-Balonne North West Queensland South-East South-West Southern Downs Torres Strait Wet Tropics Wide Bay Burnett Not applicable Not applicable Irrigation and Pumps Refrigeration Heating Air Conditioning Lighting Motors and Fans Gas Biogas Demand Management Diesel Power Factor Correction Tariffs Solar Power and Renewables Batteries and Storage Real time Metering Variable Speed Drives

Savings on fuel costs

There are many ways you can reduce farm fuel costs, and many are quick wins, which mean they won’t cost anything to start with, and will save fuel immediately.

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