ABB SOLAR: COUNT ON US — Revitalizing farming in drought-hit rural areas In South Australia’s rural Riverland area, farmers have struggled to earn a living from the land due to successive droughts in the 2000s and poor prices for their crops. Many were forced to abandon their land and livelihood after the prolonged drought. As pressure grew for them to sell their farms, a locally-based installer of solar energy systems set out to demonstrate that solar energy could make a significant contribution to the sustainability of their farming. Mark Yates, owner of Yates Electrical Services, coming from the same area, demonstrated to one of the farmers how this land can be used economically with a solar plant to ensure constant energy harvest and profitability. Not only could f

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