SB 618

• Ethan Elkind
• October 24, 2011

Deploying Large-Scale Solar on Marginal Agricultural Land: A New Berkeley / UCLA White Paper

With California committed to achieving 33 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, some solar and wind developers are rushing to propose large-scale installations on California farmland.  These sites can be attractive because they are close to existing transmission lines and substations and have good sun exposure.  However, proposed projects on farmland tend …

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