Renewable Energy Helps Pay the Bills ; Farmers and Landowners Across the Westcountry Should Start Thinking About the Opportunities Being Presented with the Growth in Renewable Energies, According to Sonya Bedford, Head of Renewable Energy at Stephens Scown in Devon and Cornwall

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As fossil fuels become more expensive and renewable energy gets cheaper, farmers could earn an extra income off their land.

Maximising land use to prepare for a future without oil is a very sensible thing to do, especially when subsidies are looking more and more uncertain with 2012 looming. The main forms of renewable energy are wind power, hydropower, solar energy, biomass, biofuel and geothermal energy.

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Renewable Energy Helps Pay the Bills ; Farmers and Landowners Across the Westcountry Should Start Thinking About the Opportunities Being Presented with the Growth in Renewable Energies, According to Sonya Bedford, Head of Renewable Energy at Stephens Scown in Devon and Cornwall

Renewable energy is ideally suited to rural areas and if you are seeking to diversify your farm, mitigate climate change and ea...

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