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Interstate lessons in on-farm energy efficiency – Kia Ora Piggery’s Bioenergy story

Attendees at the 2025 Renewables in Agriculture Conference in Bendigo heard the story of Kia Ora Piggery’s energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives during a site tour showcasing innovative bioenergy solutions in action.

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Agrivoltaics: Why waste that shade?

Agrivoltaics combines agriculture and photovoltaics — using the same land for both farming and solar energy generation. With Queensland’s rapid growth in solar energy development, agrivoltaics provides a way to retain productive farmland while contributing to renewable energy targets.

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Energy Southern Queensland (EnergySQ) – Empowering farmers to find energy efficiency and cost savings

The Energy Southern Queensland (EnergySQ) program provided farmers with expert insights, practical tools and tailored support to reduce energy costs while boosting their productivity.

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QFF’s Energy Engagement and Education role celebrates a productive first year

An innovative new engagement initiative spearheaded by a partnership between the Queensland Farmers' Federation (QFF) and Powerlink has reached a 12-month milestone of supporting landholders navigate the energy transition.

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Thinking long term: How to factor in decommissioning when considering renewable energy projects on your farm

Some farmers considering hosting utility-scale projects (e.g. wind farm or solar farm) on their land as a way to earn a secondary income. But when planning and costing these projects, it is important to remember the end of the project and decommissioning - what happens when the infrastructure reaches the end of its life?

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Rebates for Home Battery Systems starting on 1 July 2025

The Australian Government has announced the Cheaper Home Batteries program which will start in July this year. The program will provide a discount of around 30% off the price of an installed eligible battery up to 100kWh in capacity, in on-grid and off-grid sites.

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Energy Needs of First Nations Communities in Regional Queensland

Queensland Farmers’ Federation surveyed a number residents of Aboriginal Shire Councils during our market research into decentralised energy projects in Regional Queensland, the Localised Energy in the Regions project in 2022 and 2023 The market gathered feedback from regional farms, businesses and local authority employees.

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Discussing new Queensland microgrids under development

Microgrids are local energy networks that are able to operate connected to the grid but can continue to operate if there is a network outage in island mode. A microgrid consists of a number of Distributed Energy Resources (DER), sometimes called Community Energy Resources (CER) such as solar power systems and storage along with back-up generators if required.

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Changes to planning laws for wind farms

The Queensland Government has changed planning laws to increase the level of community consultation required for all wind farms effective 3 February 2025. The Government has been working on a Renewable Energy Regulatory Framework to ensure the planning system keeps up with the rapid growth in renewable energy projects.

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