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This animated film demonstrates the need to protect the long term carbon stored in soils and...
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Did you know that over half of the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are nitrous oxide? Or...
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Wind - Recent News
All press releases from Farming Futures are listed below. Please get in touch with us if you have a media enquiry. We can put you in touch with industry experts, provide farmer case studies across England, and give comment and opinion on stories.
Wed, 29/09/2010 - 10:23
50 FREE PLACES FOR FARMERS AND GROWERS!
The Sustainable Agricultural Partnerships summit is being held in London on 7-8th December and farmers and growers are encouraged to attend.
The aim of the summit is explore how farmers, growers,...
Fri, 03/09/2010 - 10:28
Did you know that over half of the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are nitrous oxide? Or that feeding livestock a healthy diet reduces the amount of methane they burp out?
Farming Futures launches a new animation today aimed at...
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Wind
Onshore generation of electricity from 
wind power can represent a significant business opportunity for UK farmers and land managers.
Wind power can be harnessed by the installation of a wind turbine or turbines that will generate a clean and renewable source of electricity to be used either on-farm or sold to the Grid. This can displace electricity generated from fossil fuels, thus reducing business costs from rising oil and gas prices, reducing carbon emissions and ensuring a profitable and low-carbon business. On-farm wind turbines must be well sited and have a consistent and adequate wind speed if they are to be a profitable investment.
Further information:
- See Wind Power factsheet
- Click here to see Mark Newton's presentation on 'making money from wind' given at the North East renewables conference on 29th October 2009
- Click here for David Roe's presentation on the practicalities of farm wind given at the 'Business case for renewable energy' workshop at Burrough Court on 12th December 2009
Wind - Factsheets
This factsheet provides an introduction to some of the issues that are going to be a significant part of the future of UK farming. It outlines some of the headline challenges that we are going to have to deal with, but also the...
Ideas on mitigating climate change.
Onshore generation of electricity from wind power can represent a significant business opportunity for UK farmers and land managers.
Wind power can be harnessed by the installation of a wind turbine or turbines that will generate a clean and...Wind - Case Studies
Rob and Emma diversified part of their farm in early 2009 to allow school children and other groups to visit the farm and learn about the...
Long before much of the farming world had acknowledged the benefits of renewable energy, Stephen Ramsden and his family took the plunge of installing...
Richard Gedge, a beef and sheep farmer based in Exmoor uses both wind and biomass to power and heat his farm. With a payback period of 5 years and...