Our solar grazing program is a winner in the Climate Council’s inaugural Choice Awards.
The ‘Green Grazing’ award has celebrated our close working relationship with our host landholders, to plan and implement the solar grazing project, so they can drought-proof their farms and continue to produce some of the world’s best fine wool.
ACEN Australia is extremely proud of how New England Solar has been developed and operates so grazing and large-scale renewable energy generation can co-exist onsite.
“We worked closely with our host landholders from the earliest days of the project to codesign a solution, including landholder access to the site, features for sheep safety and water sources,” according to ACEN Australia’s Head of Construction and Engineering, Tim Greenaway said.
The region produces some of the world’s best quality fine wool, with multi-generational farming families supplying premium export markets.
At the same time, hosting the project enables our landholders to diversify their income and helps drought-proof their operations.
We now have around 6,500 merinos and cross-breed sheep grazing under and around our panels, and we continue to work hand-in-hand with each of our host graziers to enable them to do what they need to do.
We’re thrilled to be recognised in the Climate Council’s inaugural awards and to have another opportunity to show how well-designed energy projects can coexist harmoniously with sheep farming.