How to use solar power plant area
After discussing solar land-use metrics and our data-collection and analysis methods, we present total and direct land-use results for various solar technologies and system configurations, on both a capacity and an electricity-generation basis. The total area corresponds to all land enclosed by the site boundary.
After discussing solar land-use metrics and our data-collection and analysis methods, we present total and direct land-use results for various solar technologies and system configurations, on both a capacity and an electricity-generation basis. The total area corresponds to all land enclosed by the site boundary.
One part of the total land use is the space that a power plant takes up: the area of a coal power plant, or the land covered by solar panels. More land is needed to mine the coal, and dig the metals and minerals used in solar panels out of the ground.
• Decarbonizing the power sector (and the broader economy) will require massive amounts of solar • The amount of land occupied by utility -scale PV plants has grown significantly, and will continue to — raising valid concerns around land requirements and land- use impacts (such as taking farmland out of production).
Like fossil fuel power plants, solar plant development requires some grading of land and clearing of vegetation. However, as utility-scale photovoltaics (PV) technology has improved over the last decade, projects are able to utilize land with much steeper slopes and no water access.
Unlike rooftop PV systems, which have limited or no land-use impacts by virtue of being mounted on existing structures, utility-scale PV plants are, by definition, sited on the ground and in the landscape and, therefore, occupy space that could, in most instances, be used for alternative purposes.
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