ENRTF ID: 201-EH

Project Title: Identifying Agricultural Energy Consumption and Impacts in Minnesota

Category: H. Proposals seeking $200,000 or less in funding
Sub-Category: E. Air Quality, Climate Change, and Renewable Energy

Summary: This project uses data from multiple sources to analyze current and future agricultural energy use at the county and enterprise levels, filling a key knowledge gap for making system-wide improvements.

Total Project Budget: $ 146,791
Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2022 (2 yrs)

Name: Joel Tallaksen
Sponsoring Organization: U of MN
Department: West Central Research and Outreach Center
Address: 46352 State Highway 329
Morris MN 56267
Telephone Number: (320) 589-1711
Email tall0007@umn.edu

Location: Statewide

Alternate Text for Visual: Figure 1 is a map showing the value of agriculture by county to provide the scale of agriculture. Figure 2 shows the change in electricity sources over the last decade.