Agrivoltaics supporters and emerging farmers join forces with member-owned rural electric cooperatives to push for dual use farmland.
Solar arrays on farmland have provoked a firestorm of controversy in some parts of the US. Partly fueled by misinformation about climate change, opponents argue that solar power is not an appropriate use of arable land. Lost in the shuffle is a more significant loss of farmland due to residential and commercial development. Against that backdrop, agrivoltaics — the dual use of farmland with solar arrays — can be the solution to farmland loss, not the cause.
The researchers note that solar arrays currently operating or under development in Tennessee cover somewhere between 8,197 and 14,743 acres, or up to 0.137% of farmland in the state. In contrast, urban and suburban development is projected to soak up 420,000 of farmland in Tennessee alone over the coming years.
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