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Considerations for Transferring Agricultural Land to Solar Panel

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Solar Power Depletes Farmlands of Rich Soil

Driven by subsidies, mandates and federal and state policies compelling the use of more renewable energy, solar energy facilities are now displacing farmland at an increasing rate.

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Are Solar Farms Really Displacing Agricultural Land?

In relation to the total arable land area, solar farms are therefore the absolute exception – and are often installed on sites with poor soil quality or that are difficult to cultivate in any case.

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In a nutshell, solar panels generate electricity when photons (those particles of sunlight we just discussed) hit solar cells. The process is called the photovoltaic effect.

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