New NREL Report Firms Up Land-Use Requirements for Solar Energy
The Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden has published a report on the land-use requirements of solar power plants based on actual land-use practices from existing solar facilities.
“Having real data from a majority of the solar plants in the United States will help people make proper comparisons and informed decisions,” says the report’s lead author Sean Ong. The study, called “Land-use Requirements for Solar Power Plants in the United States,” was written with NREL colleagues Clinton Campbell, Robert Margolis, Paul Denholm and Garvin Heath.