Over a third of UK farmers keen on renewables investment

Barclays launches £100m fund to help farmers tap into £25,000 average annual savings available from solar, wind and hydro power Two in every five UK farmers are expecting to invest in renewable energy and are targeting average annual returns of £25,000 in reduced energy bills and new income.

That is the main finding from a new survey published by Barclays, which found that 37 per cent of the country's 200,000 farmers wanted to install green technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines or anaerobic digestion (AD) systems.

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