The NSW town of Hay is being held up as a model environment for renewables of all types. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS

Clean energy is central to cutting Australia's greenhouse emissions, but it could also be key to improving health, education, aged care and the cost of living in rural areas.

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Solar and wind energy projects are set to inject $25 billion into country communities over the next five years and create 19,000 jobs, according to economic modelling by the Regional Australia Institute.

The think tank's new research has also revealed anti-renewables movements are highly organ

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