Posts tagged with "Leasing Land for Solar"

Agriculture and Solar Energy Development in Massachusetts: A Thesis

Graduate student, Kathleen D. Nay is working towards her master’s in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. For her thesis, Nay decided to focus on the potential conflicts and synergies of both preserving farmland for agricultural use and utilizing the land for solar development. View the memorandum and full thesis by clicking…

The Benefits of Agricultural Solar

Agricultural Solar is a term used to describe the dual-use of land combining solar photovoltaic renewable electricity generation with the continued use of the land for farming purposes. Continue farming efficiently Having a solar generation plant on the property will often enable farmers to remain farming their land due to the increased land lease revenue…