Agriculture looks to find the Cheapest Gas and Electric Prices

It seems like many business are getting on the bandwagon and looking for the cheapest gas and electric prices, yet some people still have the heads buried in the sand like an ostrich. PCM Switch aims to change that by offering companies, farm owners/managers, and other industrial sectors the knowledge and know-how of our energy advisors to help in the saving game. Our planet is fast losing much of its natural resources, and the days when energy was just a commodity that was available in what seemed to be unlimited supply have long gone past.

In the Agricultural sector farmers are more aware of nature and its resources; they are constantly looking for ways to save on costs and energy. Costs of replacing equipment is highly expensive and government has various plans in place that help with interest free loans so that Farmers and agricultural enterprises are able to replace their equipment with energy efficient equipment.

Dairy farms energy usage is about 15% of most farms variable costs, areas where energy is used are milk cooling, vacuum pumping, lighting, and waste, water heating and field operations. Usage of the correct equipment can save energy in the long run let’s look at the various components:

  .  Milk cooling is a vitally important aspect of a dairy farm to avoid spoilage. Using high efficiency system one needs new refrigerants together with scroll compressors. These are superficially designed to reduce energy usage – some of the older equipment are energy guzzlers.
  .  Making use of solar panels and heat recovery methods can effect some considerable savings,
  .  Using electric motors that have variable speed drives can also reduce the amount of energy usage.
  .  Maintenance of existing equipment is another area that can be addressed; properly maintained equipment not only saves energy but also increases the life of your equipment.
  .  For heating purposes, look to replacing tungsten light bulbs and the older type of fluorescent tube lamps with high pressure discharge type of lamps, these could be with sodium or mercury halide, or replace with new high efficiency fluorescent type fittings.
  .  Vacuum pumping you can cut running costs by 5% using a variable speed lobe pump that is linked to an air pressure transducer. Just taking this step can pay for itself fin a 3 to 5 year period. And in the long run save on energy.

PCM Switch business prides itself in being in touch with the best business gas and electricity suppliers so that we can pass the savings on to you the customer, not only do we look for the cheapest gas and electric prices, we also go the extra mile to ensue that your business will be saving money, we hope that our tips in our articles are helping you find innovative ways to save money.

  .  Refrigeration
   For heating purposes, consider replacing tungsten light bulbs and old type fluorescent tubular lamps with high pressure discharge lamps (such as sodium or mercury halide) or high efficiency fluorescent fittings.
  .  Vacuum pumping
   Using a variable speed lobe pump linked to an air pressure transducer can cut running costs by 50% per cow per year. This measure can pay for itself in 3 – 5 years.