Results
Here you can view a table that summarizes the results of all energy audits and renewable energy assessments completed by the Michigan Farm Energy Program from 2010 - 2025.
No. |
Operation |
Savings(kWh) |
Savings(%) |
Total Annual Savings($) |
Total Owner Cost to Implement($) |
Payback Time(years) |
Potential Average Annual Savings($) |
Energy Usage(kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | Dairy Farms | 11,902,108 | 35.31 | 1,292,361 | 515,108 | 0.40 | 9,433 | 33,710,402 |
| 86 | Grain Drying | 28,934,267 | 28.74 | 1,471,091 | 14,345,683 | 9.75 | 17,106 | 100,666,076 |
| 85 | Greenhouse | 78,023,167 | 27.14 | 2,339,793 | 11,875,952 | 5.08 | 27,527 | 287,527,710 |
| 33 | Food/Fruit Process | 2,994,924 | 40.41 | 409,511 | 2,320,682 | 5.67 | 12,409 | 7,410,718 |
| 25 | Irrigation | 6,196,993 | 54.98 | 519,824 | 2,026,804 | 3.90 | 20,793 | 11,271,369 |
| 15 | Crops | 738,329 | 7.34 | 61,856 | 204,450 | 3.31 | 4,124 | 10,062,160 |
| 5 | Beef | 69,076 | 13.58 | 9,913 | 19,476 | 1.96 | 1,983 | 508,483 |
| 4 | Hogs | 198,264 | 14.34 | 18,002 | 59,718 | 3.32 | 4,501 | 1,382,858 |
| 7 | Poultry | 55,506,149 | 59.40 | 1,174,644 | 3,987,262 | 3.39 | 167,806 | 93,439,649 |
| 56 | Rural Business | 16,314,809 | 35.94 | 1,007,177 | 3,369,107 | 3.35 | 17,985 | 45,393,448 |
| 1 | Integrated Farm | 11,358 | 93.59 | 1,693 | 3,480 | 2.06 | 1,693 | 12,136 |
| 6 | Maple | 262,103 | 61.37 | 25,957 | 210,911 | 8.13 | 4,326 | 427,095 |
| 6 | Fish Hatcheries | 2,854,660 | 14.45 | 174,334 | 320,399 | 1.84 | 29,056 | 19,761,577 |
| 2 | Biomass | 905,824 | 87.89 | 45,403 | 504,116 | 11.10 | 22,702 | 1,030,587 |
| 33 | Solar | 5,578,711 | 126.24 | 2,183,107 | 4,225,255 | 1.94 | 66,155 | 4,419,287 |
| 466 | Energy Efficiency | 204,006,207 | 33.36 | 8,506,156 | 39,259,033 | 4.62 | 18,254 | 611,573,689 |
| 199 | Renewable Energy | 30,518,528 | 68.13 | 20,583,229 | 20,583,229 | 5.09 | 20,341 | 44,796,249 |
| 665 | Grand Total | 234,524,735 | 35.73 | 59,842,262 | 59,842,262 | 4.77 | 18,878 | 656,369,931 |