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Alternatives to Utility-Scale Solar on agricultural lands: Adoption potential and impacts of utility-scale and agrivoltaic solar on permanent and marginal cropland

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  • Majeed, Fahd
  • Khanna, Madhu
  • Mwebaze, Paul
  • McCall, James
  • Waechter, Katy
  • Jia, Mengqi
  • Peng, Bin
  • Miao, Ruiqing
  • Kaiyu, Guan
  • Macknick, Jordan

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  • Majeed, Fahd & Khanna, Madhu & Mwebaze, Paul & McCall, James & Waechter, Katy & Jia, Mengqi & Peng, Bin & Miao, Ruiqing & Kaiyu, Guan & Macknick, Jordan, 2024. "Alternatives to Utility-Scale Solar on agricultural lands: Adoption potential and impacts of utility-scale and agrivoltaic solar on permanent and marginal cropland," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA 343890, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea22:343890
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343890
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    1. Rebecca R. Hernandez & Madison K. Hoffacker & Christopher B. Field, 2015. "Efficient use of land to meet sustainable energy needs," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(4), pages 353-358, April.
    2. Anthony Lopez & Wesley Cole & Brian Sergi & Aaron Levine & Jesse Carey & Cailee Mangan & Trieu Mai & Travis Williams & Pavlo Pinchuk & Jianyu Gu, 2023. "Impact of siting ordinances on land availability for wind and solar development," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 8(9), pages 1034-1043, September.
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