California Department of Food and Agriculture

Greenhouse Gas Emission Calculator for Fuel Savings

Instructions: Use this calculator to determine GHG reductions due to estimated fuel savings in your stationary agricultural equipment such as irrigation pumps. You will need to gather:

• Information on current fuel use from utility bills over the past year.
• Information on the fuel savings from the proposed project.

This information could come from an energy audit or irrigation system design.

When estimating on-farm fuel and/or energy savings to input into this calculator, please consider all of the following that may apply:

• Energy or fuel savings as a result of reduced pumping due to water savings from irrigation improvements and scheduling improvements.
• Energy or fuel savings from pump improvements such as installation of variable frequency drive controllers on pump(s) and pump efficiency retrofits.
• Any increases in energy or fuel use from irrigation system conversions.
• Energy or fuel savings from other reported energy saving measures associated with the proposed project.