Participation is increasing in France's renewable energy sector with farmers seeking ways to offset the instability of farm prices:
They see the clean energy opportunities in biomass, wind and solar energy sectors for making regular income among the fast changing commodity prices and to reply to the branded image that farms are polluting.
The farmers are also looking for ways to circumvent the fossil oil price rise and the harsher environmental laws. The use of renewable energy though may not change the very livelihood of the farmers but will bring in enough breathers from spending on energy and pollution related problems.
A number of farms have signed for the installation of solar panels over the roofs of the farm hangers and sell the power generated from the installation at higher costs pre-fixed by the government for extra income. The solar tariffs protected for a period of 20 years have helped the farmers to take loans from banks to pay for the solar installation and to earn untroubled income for a number of years after completing the loan repayment.
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