Solar Farming has become increasingly adopted by farmers to diversify their income. This has raised concerns regarding the loss of agricultural land, impact on the environment, and application of policies to land that may have shifted from an agricultural to energy production focus. The following brief examines the benefits and disadvantages of solar farming for farmers and the environment and how new policies might affect the situation
Across the United States, government agencies and energy developers are looking to agricultural land...
In order to mitigate global climate change, we need to decarbonize the electric grid. Utility-scale ...
Given that one day fossil fuels will end, a need arises to find alternative fuels. Renewable energy ...
Solar energy production accounts for less than one percent of energy produced in Maine, but nonethel...
Solar energy systems are rapidly expanding across the United States. This expansion is also occurrin...
Maine farmland is undergoing changes brought upon by an aging population, by a growing trend in smal...
Among policy issues, an area of contestation revolves around the use of agricultural land for solar ...
The US Energy Information Administration predicts that there will be 28% more energy use globally by...
With farmers today facing economic hardship, many are looking for alternative sources of income. A r...
Meeting greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets will require a significant increase in electricity pr...
A change is coming to the Northeast, and Maine is not prepared to handle it. Across the Northeast, a...
An operational research project to investigate net economic, environmental and public policy benefit...
The proliferation of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic arrays in the agricultural landscape has divi...
Large-scale development of solar-generated electricity is hindered in some regions of the U.S. by la...
Agrivoltaic systems are a strategic and innovative approach to combine solar photovoltaic (PV)-based...
Across the United States, government agencies and energy developers are looking to agricultural land...
In order to mitigate global climate change, we need to decarbonize the electric grid. Utility-scale ...
Given that one day fossil fuels will end, a need arises to find alternative fuels. Renewable energy ...
Solar energy production accounts for less than one percent of energy produced in Maine, but nonethel...
Solar energy systems are rapidly expanding across the United States. This expansion is also occurrin...
Maine farmland is undergoing changes brought upon by an aging population, by a growing trend in smal...
Among policy issues, an area of contestation revolves around the use of agricultural land for solar ...
The US Energy Information Administration predicts that there will be 28% more energy use globally by...
With farmers today facing economic hardship, many are looking for alternative sources of income. A r...
Meeting greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets will require a significant increase in electricity pr...
A change is coming to the Northeast, and Maine is not prepared to handle it. Across the Northeast, a...
An operational research project to investigate net economic, environmental and public policy benefit...
The proliferation of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic arrays in the agricultural landscape has divi...
Large-scale development of solar-generated electricity is hindered in some regions of the U.S. by la...
Agrivoltaic systems are a strategic and innovative approach to combine solar photovoltaic (PV)-based...
Across the United States, government agencies and energy developers are looking to agricultural land...
In order to mitigate global climate change, we need to decarbonize the electric grid. Utility-scale ...
Given that one day fossil fuels will end, a need arises to find alternative fuels. Renewable energy ...