Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the “wonderful thing” about land and solar farms is how they can interact and have been designed to “co-exist”.
“The wonderful thing about agricultural lands and solar farms is how they can interact – the land owners have worked
with the companies so the solar panels are designed so they can co-exist,” Mr Bowen said during Question Time on Thursday.
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