With wind towers up, slowly turning, and paddocks filling with black solar panels there is a change of landscape on the western slopes near Glen Innes.
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| Soil and solar farmer Clint Nugent, “Balaclava", White Rock Creek, via Glen Innes, believes he can work under renewable energy and still produce prime lamb. |
Matheson farmer Clint Nugent, “Balaclava”, produces lambs and wool, beef, beans and corn. Lately he grows watts; millions of ’em.
The renewable energy farm “White Rock”, is named for the mountain whose headwaters run through Balaclava, an historic sprawling station of 4000 hectares originally selected by John Ross.
The geography appealed to Chinese turbine manufacturer Goldwind, in partnership with China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group Wind-Power Corporation. Now a number of 175 MW windmills pierce the skyline on the Nugent family’s property, among 70 in this first stage.
Read the story from The Land by Jamie Brown - “Solar farm offers dual purpose land use.”
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