Electric vehicle and gas fuel instrastructure costs
December 28, 2023
For a transition to succeed, accessible and reliable power supplies 24/7 will be a pre-requisite, either from the grid or from on-farm renewables.
For a transition to succeed, accessible and reliable power supplies 24/7 will be a pre-requisite, either from the grid or from on-farm renewables.
It is essential to consider vehicle or infrastructure asset replacement cycles, given that many farm vehicles have working lives of 15 to 20 years.
If the rural economy is to play its part in the reduction of emissions, it needs to develop a pathway to replace diesel, with low and zero carbon fuels.
Farms can reduce emissions and costs in one fell swoop. Distributed renewable energy is a new asset class with attractive opportunities.
Innovation is enabling farms to adjust electricity requirements and advantage of on-farm generated and stored power or cheaper off-peak tariffs.
Battery storage on farms may become even more important as the UK’s energy system decentralises and ‘Time of Use Tariffs’ become common.
This technology will continue to play an important part in the UK’s renewable energy mix – and provide an additional source of farm income and opportunity for business and community investment
Many farms have invested in solar photovoltaics on roofs as well as ground-mounted systems and are providing a return on investment.
A heat/chill heat system can be used to provide low carbon heat for a range of on-farm agricultural processes.