Retrocessos federais ameaçam boom de energia renovável no Texas

Fazendeiros do oeste do Texas e condados rurais que recorreram à energia eólica e solar para obter estabilidade econômica enfrentam agora um futuro incerto após mudanças na política federal sob o governo Trump. A reversão dos incentivos da Lei de Redução da Inflação (Inflation Reduction Act) interrompeu bilhões em investimentos e colocou em risco receitas fiscais projetadas em quase US$ 50 bilhões em todo o estado. Líderes locais e proprietários de terras expressam opiniões divergentes sobre os acontecimentos.

Duff Hallman, um fazendeiro de 74 anos cuja família é proprietária de 9.200 acres nos condados de Tom Green, Schleicher e Irion desde 1916, arrendou suas terras para turbinas eólicas em 2007. O parque eólico Langford, com 33 torres e atualmente de propriedade da Clearway Energy, proporciona pagamentos de arrendamento estáveis de cerca de US$ 200.000 anuais, divididos entre Hallman e seus irmãos. Hallman afirmou que a renda ajudou durante as secas de 2011 e 2021, embora o valor seja pequeno comparado aos booms petrolíferos do passado. Ele observa as turbinas do seu quintal, notando que elas diminuem seu ritmo de trabalho, mas que permitiram que a terra fosse semeada novamente de forma mais eficiente do que as operações de petróleo fizeram.

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