1. Does energy have a role in reducing UK Agriculture’s GHG Emissions ? Chris Plackett Commercial Director Farm Energy

2. Things we do Energy Services Energy contract finder Energy contract management Electricity supply negotiation Advice & Consultancy Energy audits Project management Near Market R&D Development & field testing of new energy techniques

3. NFU Energy Farm Energy working on behalf of NFU: Climate Change Levy Discount Scheme for farmers and growers Energy contract advice and brokering Energy advice and efficiency work

5. Emissions by Sub – Sector

6. Why bother about energy? Energy costs Particularly important in the energy intensive sub-sectors Energy taxation Your Carbon Footprint Easy to calculate the effect of energy saving New income potential? Renewable energy systems Energy Feedstocks

7. Review of energy prices

8. Future Prices – Gov’t projections

9. Where should I invest? Use less of it ? or Generate it ? But using less isn’t “sexy...”

10. The energy efficiency stigma The business case Save it or generate – whatever is cheaper The environmental case Save it or generate– whatever is cheaper The case is just the same

11. The effect of energy price At first energy prices favoured energy efficiency Then came ROCs – doubling the return on some technologies Then came FITs Multiplying return by up to 6 x Still based on only 8% ROI Look out for RHI Based on 12% ROI New market for heat sales New market for feedstock sales?

12. FIT Rates

13. Pulling it together The winner has always been energy efficiency But returns are limited to a proportion of what you use Law of diminishing returns applies And NOW – the playing field has changed Feed in Tariffs (FIT’s) Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)

14. In summary Energy has a role for GHG savings It makes business sense It makes environmental sense Consider both energy saving and renewable generation Be realistic and even handed about all technologies Do your homework and consider whole life costs and returns Think to the future – can energy get cheaper?

15. Thank you & any questions?