Farmers in central Queensland say proposed transmission towers to connect a new wind farm to the grid will interfere with their ability to plant, spray and harvest on prime cropping land.
abc.net.au/news/transmission-tower-wind-farm-biloela-prime-cropping-land-impact/101727238When farmer Laurie Brosnan stands in his paddocks and looks up, instead of clear blue skies he sees a tapestry of powerlines laced through hulking steel transmission towers that is set to expand.
He and other farmers are concerned their efforts to become more environmentally sustainable will be undermined by the renewable energy project. "We're having these transmission lines forced upon us [that will] go through our prime, strategic cropping land, " he said. He said not being able to use the latest technology could set back efforts to reduce the environmental impact of his crops.
"It's a kilometre wide, we have to … identify an easement that's 60 metres wide for the actual transmission line itself.
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