Assessing the impact of changes in the electricity price structure on dairy farm energy costs

Applied Energy

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Upton, J ^a   Murphy, M ^b   Shalloo, L ^a   Groot Koerkamp, P W G ^c   De Boer, I J M ^c  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electricity; Electricity costs; Milk production; Real time pricing; Smart metering; Tariff structure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; COST REDUCTION; DAIRIES; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FARMS; MILKING MACHINES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRICITY COSTS; MILK PRODUCTION; REAL TIME PRICING; SMART METERING; TARIFF STRUCTURES;

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRY FARMING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MILK PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

IRELAND;

EID: 84908371447     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.067     Document Type: Article

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