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Terrain Solar director
Simon Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 8, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

If a Kingaroy solar farm goes ahead, it doesn’t mean the land would be quarantined from future agricultural uses, according to Terrain Solar director Simon Ingram.<\/p>\n

Mr Ingram told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> on Friday it was the company’s intention the land could also be used for grazing, especially sheep.<\/p>\n

He said high fencing around solar farms created a very safe environment for lambing.<\/p>\n

Mr Ingram said Terrain Solar was already working on a grazing management plan for the Kingaroy project with a landholder who was a fourth generation grazier.<\/p>\n

“We are certainly not displacing primary production from the area,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Ingram would not be drawn on the future ownership of the project – the company’s Warwick Solar Farm has been sold to the University of Queensland – but said Terrain Solar’s aim was to always make sure it attracted “really good investors” into a region.<\/p>\n

He said Warwick would benefit greatly from the UQ investment in the solar farm, which would also include research activities by the university.<\/p>\n

“It shows the type of investors who are attracted to our projects,” he said.<\/p>\n

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