How Wind and Solar Power Keeps America's Farms Alive

How Wind and Solar Power Keeps America's Farms Alive

By Paul Mwebaze, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (The Conversation) – Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows of corn, wheat and soybeans. You’ll also see towering wind turbines spinning above fields and solar panels shining in the sun on barns and machine sheds. For many farmers, these are lifelines. Renewable energy provides steady income and affordable power, helping farms stay viable when crop pric…

How wind and solar power helps keep America’s farms alive

by Paul Mwebaze, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows of corn, wheat and soybeans. You’ll also see towering wind turbines spinning above fields and solar panels shining in the sun on barns and machine sheds. For many farmers, these are lifelines. Renewable energy provides steady income and…

Renewable energy powers rural farms, economies

Cuts to clean energy incentives under Trump’s new bill could hurt rural farms and towns that rely on wind and solar for steady income and affordable power.