James McCall: Solar production in the US really started to pick up around 2012. As solar really became mainstream, there was a lot more concerns of land use changes.
Sujith Ravi: If you look at the type of land that’s been converted for solar installations, over 60 percent of those landscapes are converted croplands.
Chong Seok Choi: They both require flat areas with a lot of sun, and that’s close to transmission infrastructures.
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