Opportunities of adopting renewable energy for the nursery industry in Australia
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Chapter Title | Opportunities of adopting renewable energy for the nursery industry in Australia |
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Book Chapter Category | Textbook (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 1624 |
Book Title | Geothermal, wind and solar energy applications in agriculture and aquaculture |
Authors | Chen, Guangnan (Author), Schmidt, Erik (Author), Maraseni, Tek (Author), Bundschuh, Jochen (Author), Banhazi, Thomas (Author) and Antille, Diogones L. (Author) |
Editors | Bundschuh, Jochen, Chen, Guangnan, Chandrasekharam, D. and Piechocki, Janusz |
Page Range | 115-126 |
Series | Sustainable Energy Developments |
Chapter Number | 6 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2017 |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Place of Publication | Leiden, Netherlands |
ISBN | 9781138029705 |
9781315158969 | |
ISSN | 2164-0645 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.crcpress.com/Geothermal-Wind-and-Solar-Energy-Applications-in-Agriculture-and-Aquaculture/Bundschuh-Chen-Chandrasekharam-Piechocki/p/book/9781138029705 |
Abstract | In Australia, the nursery and garden industry provides significant economic, cultural, social and environmental benefits to the community (NGIA, 2014). The production nurseries support a diverse array of industries and end users, including retail outlets, landscapers, cut-flower growers, orchardists, vegetable growers, interiorscapers, sustainable forestry and revegetation enterprises. Amenity horticulture is currently one of the fastest growing industries in Australia (NGIA, 2009). Energy use efficiency has also become increasingly important due to the increasing cost and scarcity of energy sources and also the associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions causing |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300802. Horticultural crop growth and development |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Civil Engineering and Surveying |
National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture | |
Institute for Agriculture and the Environment | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q473w/opportunities-of-adopting-renewable-energy-for-the-nursery-industry-in-australia
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