Australian farmers battle climate change with wind and solar income

According to The Australian Financial Review, farmers battling falling agribusiness returns from the severe drought are turning to the renewable energy market as a way to earn additional income and future-proof their enterprises against climate change.
"More and more farmers are coming to the realisation that they need a survival strategy that takes into account not just normal seasonal weather patterns or even `normal' droughts, but the extraordinary weather that climate change is now delivering," said Angus Shaw, a rural manager at valuers Herron Todd White.
"The clean energy option offers farmers both a regular, dependable, income and a means of reducing the often debilitating mental and physical stresses that can accompany the no-income years."
Depending on the number of wind towers or solar panels, a renewable energy income contract can net an individual farmer as much as $100,000 per year or more with long-term leases up to 30 years.

https://www.afr.com/real-estate/commercial/droughtstricken-farmers-earning-extra-income-from-renewable-energy-contracts-20181116-h17z92

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​https://www.j-abc.com/jp-blog/3203961 
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