Wy’East is currently under contract as an Agriculture Program Specialist supporting the Rural Electric Cooperatives & PUDs with their Agriculture Sector Energy Efficiency Initiative (EEI). Wy’East completes an average of 150 projects per year, producing approximately 3,500,000 kWh in annual savings. Our assigned area includes a majority of Oregon and sections of Southern Washington.
Robert Wallace, CEM contracts with Bonneville Power Administration to provide support to Customer-Owned utilities in Oregon and Southern Washington.
Robert Wallace, CEM contracts with Bonneville Power Administration to provide support to Customer-Owned utilities in Oregon and Southern Washington.
What types of incentives are available?
- Variable Frequency Drives ~ Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) can control the startup and operational characteristics of a motor or pump/motor combination. By providing soft starts and slow ramp-up speeds, VFDs are proven to substantially reduce energy use in turbine pumps and potato or onion storage motors. Other VFD applications include irrigation pumps, air compressors, and dairy vacuum pumps.
- Irrigation Hardware Upgrades ~ Reimbursements are available for the replacement or installation of high-efficiency irrigation equipment including nozzles, brass sprinklers, gaskets, regulators, drop tubes and multi-trajectory sprays. Reimbursements are also available for repair of leaking hand lines, wheel lines and portable mainlines.
- Low Energy Spray Application (LESA) - Newer design of sprinkler package for Pivot Systems. Lowers the sprinkler to within 3 feet of the ground. These sprinklers typically operate using 10 psi pressure regulators, a LESA Sprinkler Package will have about twice the number of sprinklers as a standard Pivot Sprinkler Package. Roughly a 20% water application efficiency gain with this conversion. The LESA packages work best on minimal sloped ground and in situations where the farm may be short on water. Several of the Producers claim substantial yield gains and improved crop quality.
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- Scientific Irrigation Scheduling ~ Scientific Irrigation Scheduling (SIS) helps irrigators know exactly when to irrigate crops and how much water to apply through a system that monitors weather and soil moisture data. In addition to reducing energy costs for pumping water, SIS conserves water and reduces fertilizer use and run off. Annual energy and water savings with SIS are estimated at 10 percent.
- Lighting ~ Lighting upgrade projects are quite common and popular across industrial, commercial and agricultural sectors. In addition to energy cost savings between 25 to 50 percent, energy-efficient lighting upgrades can increase visual acuity and lighting equipment life; improve security; and improve worker safety, productivity and quality of work.