The discrepancy is even larger in the US. US PV database: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6442d8a2d34ee8d4ade8e6db https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog

The discrepancy is even larger in the US. US PV database: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6442d8a2d34ee8d4ade8e6db https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6442d8a2d34ee8d4ade... Downloading that csv file and summing the p_area attribute, and converting from square meters, I get the US had (as of Nov 2023) 1284 sq. km (~501 square miles) of PV fields (this does not include rooftop solar). The US has about 3500 square miles of golf courses.