State utility regulators have increasingly placed barriers to development of the renewable energy source in one of the sunniest states in the U.S.
  • TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    It doesn’t seem to be what’s happening here, but I’ve seen wooded areas clear cut for large scale solar farms before. That’s completely missing the point of green energy IMO and I can see why some would oppose it.

    • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Here in Massachusetts they’ve installed panels in all sorts of otherwise unusable space, including:

      • capped garbage dumps & transfer stations
      • Along the sides of highways
      • inside highway clover leafs