In the past decade, Kildare firm Denis Doyle Ltd has become a household name in the solar industry in America, producing high end self-propelled pile drivers. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
SUBSCRIBER ONLYIt seems to have been an extra hard year on heifers as I hear empty rates are a lot higher than normal on most farms, writes Padraig Callanan.
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The new government needs to introduce further supports for micro-generation projects, according to the Micro-Renewable Energy Federation.
Farming candidates from each of the main political parties unanimously agreed that farmers should be allowed to choose what they want to do with their own land.
While guidelines are in place, solar farms have not been banned on farmland in England, where a number of major solar projects have been recently proposed.
There are plenty of new incentives towards electric cars that might this option more attractive for your farm, and its always down to running costs.
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The project, which was being jointly developed by Irish developer Harmony Solar and ESB Solar, consisted of 301,000 square metres of solar panels.
Caroline O'Reilly said that this now makes up seven planned solar farms for the area, which covers 575 acres.
MEP Seán Kelly insists that farming between solar panels could diversify farmers' income streams.
"Leave productive land alone" - David Moore, Glencash Regenerative Dairy Farm
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