Across the country, wind farms are being built faster than ever, but agricultural landholders are split on embracing the energy revolution while protecting food production.
More than half the land in Victoria's top dairy producing regions has been earmarked as worth investigating for future renewable energy zones .One of Australia's top dairy producing regions has been earmarked to have enough wind farm s to power all of residential Victoria for a year.
The Moyne Shire website says the LGA is part of a region that contributes around a quarter of Australia's dairy exports and domestic produce. Its first plan is due next year, and will include draft Renewable Energy Zones across Victoria, proposing defined boundaries for where infrastructure can be developed.
Dairy production typically isn't impacted by nearby wind turbines, but when a proposal for a wind farm next door to the Conheady's farm was lodged, it triggered a permit process for on-site worker housing that otherwise would not have happened. One farmer, whose property will soon host wind turbines, refused to speak on the record for fear of becoming a target.
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