FarmWise: Agriculture Energy
- Agricultural and Alternative Energy links other websites focused on energy sources.
- Agriculture Applications of Solar Energy describes solar energy applications for crop and grain drying, space and water heating, greenhouse hearing, remote electricity supply, and water pumping as well as provides a comprehensive bibliography.
- Alternative Farming Systems Information Center: Alternative Energy for Agriculture provides a publications list
- Anaerobic Digesters of Animal Waste offers an alternative solution to livestock waste management including anaerobic digestion and bio-gas.
- The AgSTAR Program, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Energy, encourages the use of methane recovery technologies.
- Clean Energy is supported in numerous states and by a wide variety of organizations. Review Harvesting Clean Energy and Repowering the Midwest--Clean Energy Information for the Heartland
- Conservation Security Program Energy Enhancement Activities Job Sheets: USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service encourages on-farm energy conservation and management through its energy audits and recycling as well as energy enhancement activities.
- Energy in Agriculture provides a listing of ATTRA publications related to farm energy efficiency, solar energy, wind, and dairy. Also review Energy and Agriculture: Making it Work published by the Leopold Center. Options to Reduce Energy Use on the Farm by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
- Energy Estimator: Tillage estimates diesel fuel use and costs in the production of key crops in your area and provides another tool to increase energy awareness in agriculture. Also review Saving Fuel (pdf) for a report on saving fuel in field operations. Gear Up and Throttle Down - Saving Fuel identifies fuel-saving practices suitable for light drawbar loads.
- Equivalent Fuel Costs, published by the University of Georgia, compares heating values and combustion efficiencies of the energy source. See also Equivalent Fuel Cost (excel)
- Farm Energy Calculators was developed by ATTRA and offers a listing of energy calculators related to nitrogen, tillage, irrigation, alliant energy, and other calculators to estimate energy efficiency and cost savings.
- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2008 (Farm Bill): Title IX Energy compares the Farm Bill TitleXI biobased products, biorefinery grants, and other renewable energy program provisions to the 1996-2001 farm legislation.
- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 Initiative: The renewable energy and energy efficiency program lists available grants for eligible agricultural producers and rural small businesses.
- 9006 Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans, loan guarantees, and grants to farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses to purchase renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements.
- Farms and Ranches: A Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy provides numerous options for renewable energy technologies.
- Gear Up and Throttle Down: Saving Fuel, (Publication 442-450) published by the Virginia Cooperative Extension, offers practices for tractors with light drawbar loads.
- Geothermal Energy yields warmth and power that can be use without polluting the environment. Several websites contain information on geothermal energy technologies including: EERE's Geothermal Technologies Program, the Geothermal Education Office, and and the Geothermal Resources Council
- Greenhouse Operations, (Publication 430-101) published by the Virginia Cooperative Extension, discusses various options for addressing the energy demands of greenhouse operations.
- Livestock Production Facilities (pdf): Energy Efficient Ventilation and Lighting Systems project focuses on demonstrating and documenting improved mechanical systems.Also review University of Minnesota’s publications.
- Microhydropower offers information on microhydropower system, site selection, and its components.
- Renewable Energy and Agriculture: A Natural Fit presents information on wind, solar, and biomass energy published by the Union of Concerned Scientists. Also review the links to Renewable Energy within this Guide.
- Save Energy Save Money provides multiple resources for conservation practices including the Energy Estimator, news releases, articles, and other references.
- Solar Technology provides an introduction to solar technologies.
- Standby Electric Power Systems for Agriculture, published by the University of Georgia, discusses the issues related to standby electrical power.
- Wind Energy identifies the latest news on wind energy and provides a listing of commercially proven U.S. equipment providers. Also review Small Wind Turbine.
- BEST Winery: Tool helps reduce energy and water costs offers information on state-of-the-art technologies.