… At seven acres of land per megawatt of generating capacity, solar has a sizable land footprint — one that is only expected to grow as solar and renewables meet a larger share of … and communities. A growing body of research is exploring co-location opportunities on solar sites — from planting pollinator habitat to growing crops among the panels. … Finally, we present financial structures to advance land use best practices on solar sites. Our hypothesis is that efficiently integrating the value of ecosystem services with …
… solar development expands throughout the United States, with an expected land footprint of 3 million acres by 2030,1 there is growing interest across various stakeholder …