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Only complaint about the abstract is "...without occupying scarce available land". Land for solar in the county is not scarce. Look up "agrivoltaics". There ar
by ncmncm 4y ago
Only complaint about the abstract is "...without occupying scarce available land".
Land for solar in the county is not scarce. Look up "agrivoltaics". There are good reasons to float solar on reservoirs, that just isn't one.
- schimmy_changa 4y agoAgrivoltaics are far more expensive, and farmers have to change their behavior significantly. Floating solar doesn't require any of that partnership and ongoing behavioral change, just slightly more expensive up-front costs. Also - in SB county, there is an ordinance banning utility-scale solar within the county (thanks local zoning laws....). We get exempted because the reservoir is federal land.
- ncmncm 4y agoAgrivoltaics are a little more expensive, but produce revenue in fallow fields. Farmers have grown used to changing their behavior, in recent centuries. The successful ones today did. The successful ones tomorrow will have. Laws can be changed. In Colorado, they were already. Others will follow.