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Renewables

Welcome to the RuralNI section on energy efficiency and renewable energy

This section:

  • Provides information on steps that can be taken to reduce energy use on the farm and gives information on training events in energy efficiency
  • Outlines a number of renewable energy technologies that are in operation at the College
SEU boiler
Cutting energy costs on the farm
A series of Energy Efficiency Workshops for dairy farmers were organised recently by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) across the Province. The first session outlined the principles of efficient energy and was followed by a tour of a dairy unit demonstrating practical ways of making savings ...
Wind turbines at CAFRE
Two wind turbines have been erected by CAFRE. A 5 kW Iskra turbine was installed at the Horticultural Development Centre on the Greenmount Campus to generate electricity for use in the unit. A 15 kW Proven turbine was installed at Loughry Campus to provide power for the refrigeration units which run 24/7 in the Food Technology Centre ...
Heat from Biomass at Loughry Campus, CAFRE
A 150 kW Fröling Turbomat biomass boiler was installed in Loughry campus in the summer of 2007. It supplies the space and water heating requirements of Shannon Hall, a residential building on which also contains a staff and student dining facility, conference rooms and classrooms ...
Report of Energy Survey on dairy farms
The CAFRE Business Plan established a target of 100 dairy farms to be energy benchmarked.  Data collection (based on the 2007/08 year) began in September 2008 and was completed in March 2009 ...
Sustainable Energy Unit at the Horticultural Development Centre
A Sustainable Energy Unit made up of a 320kW biomass boiler integrated with ten 2.5m 2 solar thermal panels ...
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