We develop a consistent, replicable framework to quantify land-solar interactions and apply it to annotated aerial imagery covering 719 solar photovoltaic projects (13,272 megawatts of...
The relationship between the direct/array area and the total leased/owned area may vary considerably from site to site, depending on local site conditions (e.g., if a site includes wetland areas that can''t be
In all regions across the U.S., current and proposed solar development occupies a relatively low proportion of land use in most counties. Compared to an industry like agriculture, solar
Abstract—The rapid deployment of large numbers of utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) plants in the United States, combined with heightened expectations of future deployment, has raised concerns about land
New research shows that common solar datasets underestimate land use by up to 34% because they ignore the footprint of the entire facility. That gap hides the true scale of habitat loss,
We analyze the relationships between solar array capacity density (W/acre) and a range of facility attributes to better understand the future land requirements of solar capacity expansion
USDA, Economic Research Service researchers recently studied how solar and wind development affects land cover near wind turbines and solar farms. They found that cropland or
For PV, we used these datasets to analyze the relationship between land-use intensity (defined as land use per unit of capacity or generation) and stated PV module efficiency, array configuration, and
We develop a consistent, replicable framework to quantify land-solar interactions and apply it to annotated aerial imagery covering 719 solar
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