Within the biggest windfarm within the southern hemisphere, ‘renewable power farmers’ glance to the long run

Within the biggest windfarm within the southern hemisphere, ‘renewable power farmers’ glance to the long run

The MacIntyre turbines on Queensland’s Southern Downs are a financial windfall for some farmers – but others are feeling left out

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You can see 119 wind turbines scattered across the landscape from the highest point on sheep grazier Brent Finlay’s southern Queensland property. Within a few months, there will be 162; within a decade, with another gigantic project proposed next door, about 350.

And that’s just to the north. In every other direction, Finlay says with a sweep of his hand, wind developers are knocking on farmers’ doors.

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