Thursday

March 21, 2019

Is it a farm or an industrial area? 

We have been advised that a solar farm is proposed for a neighbouring farm… over our back fence actually. I’d love to know your thoughts on this. How do you feel about solar farms? In irrigation areas? On “important agricultural land” according to the NSW State Government? 

P.S. Photo taken on the weekend of a solar farm we came across in the Mallee, north west Victoria.

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  1. Alphie Soup21 March 2019 at 23:55

    Oh alright. I'll step right into the mine field.
    First question - solar farms. Yes, I'm in favour. Next two questions. Impossible for me to answer without a whole lot more information.
    Doesn't help you much does it?
    :)
    Alphie

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  2. Graham Edwards22 March 2019 at 05:30

    Well I shall add my tuppence worth. I'm in favour of solar farms in principle. Choosing where they go is, like the argument in Scotland over wind farms, a matter of considerable debate.

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  3. Diane22 March 2019 at 06:44

    Looks so much better than the wind turbines that we have popping up all over that kills both birds and bats!! Cheers Diane

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  4. Helen22 March 2019 at 07:49

    Seeing this view of it, it looks absolutely incredible. On farming land, no!

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  5. HappyK22 March 2019 at 09:33

    I don't know enough about them to make a decision about it, but I'd rather see a regular old farm!

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  6. CountryMum22 March 2019 at 16:17

    Thank you all for your answers to my questions.

    We are not opposed to solar... we have 40 solar panels on our roof. It is passive clean energy. Our concern comes when good agricultural land are being turned into industrial solar farms. We live in an intensive irrigation district filled with dairy farmers, vegetable growers, irrigated croppers, beef farmers and the odd lucerne hay producer (that's us!). Is this the best place to build solar farms when 40kms to our north is the start of large dryland sheep grazing stations with no neighbours for kilometres?

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  7. Alphie Soup22 March 2019 at 18:02

    Thanks for the extra info Lynda. I think it could be placed further north but a property has to come up for sale.
    As for prime agricultural land vanishing - the number of market gardens and dairy farms and orchards now covered by suburban development around Melbourne makes me want to weep.
    However the government has insisted that population growth equals economic growth. And when developers make offers too good to refuse to landholders development is inevitable.
    I'll get down off my soapbox now.
    Alphie

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  8. Chookyblue......21 April 2019 at 08:22

    not sure what I think about them but good agriculture land should be saved for just that.......not solar......wow this is a big one.......

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