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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.

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.

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.

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 Diesel