Solar power occupies a lot of space – here’s how to make it more ecologically beneficial to the land it sits on
- Written by Matthew Sturchio, PhD Student in Plant and Ecosystem Ecology, Colorado State University
Solar panels shade grassland at Jack's Solar Garden, an agrovoltaic farm in Longmont, Colo.Matthew Sturchio, CC BY-NDAs societies look for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change, large-scale solar power is playing a central role. Climate scientists view it as the tool with the greatest potential to reduce carbon dioxide...