- Safe Land Use
- Evaluating Potential Land Use of Utility-Scale Photovoltaics (Solar Panels) on Farmland in Tennessee: University of Tennessee > Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, August 2024
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- The report focuses on Tennessee, estimating current and future land use for PV production, and considers the impact on farmland, projecting that by 2035, up to 103,443 acres may be needed for PV installations if TVA wants to meet its goals.
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- Solar energy development on farmland: Three prevalent perspectives of conflict, synergy and compromise in the United States: Penn State and the Nature-Society Working Group (supported by the National Science Foundation), July 2023
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- This article uses the food–energy–water (FEW) nexus framework to delineate three different perspectives of solar energy development on farmland. Trade-offs, synergies, and compromises that showcase how agriculture and solar can coexist, succeed, and thrive in all situations.
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- Energy Security
- Renewable Energy to Support Energy Security: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October 2019
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- This study showcases renewable energy’s resilience with regards to traditional energy’s reliance. This involves diversification of project types (solar, wind, hydro, ect.,) and easy, rapid deployment of these energy sources to areas in need.
- The Role of Renewable Energy in National Security: American Council on Renewable Energy, October 2018
- The study provides an in-depth look at the range of qualities renewable energy offers in support of a resilient and secure electricity system. Renewables, mainly solar, have been recognized for years by national security experts, the U.S. Congress and a host of senior officials at the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).
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- Property Rights
- Property Rights, Armen A. Alchian, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, n.d.
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- In this article, Dr. Alchian discusses the integral relationship between economic growth and property rights. In this article, readers can learn about why it is essential to protect property rights if we seek to continually innovate and grow our economy.
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- Economic Growth
- The Solar Economy: The widespread benefits for North Carolina, Duke University, Center for Globalization, Governance, and Competitiveness, February 2015.
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- This article finds that “all parts of the solar value chain – investors, solar developers, construction contractors, solar panel and component manufacturers – are creating jobs and providing landowners, workers and towns across North Carolina with income and tax revenue”. This article goes to show that not only do solar projects generate tax revenue, they help to inject millions of dollar into local and state level economies.
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- Economic impact potential of solar photovoltaics in Illinois, Illinois State University, Department of Economics, 2016 (Renewable Energy 87 (2016) 253-258)
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- This article examines the likely economic impact of Illinois projected 2025 Solar PV capacity. THey find that Solar PV in the state would likely generate up to 131,000 construction jobs and 6000 jobs during operational years. This speaks to the capacity for solar pv to comprehensively impact local and state economies.
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