The research reached a surprising conclusion that dual-axis solar tracker systems are more land-intensive per kW than single-axis trackers or fixed-tilt systems. The study's data-driven approach ...

Federal land managers last week released an updated roadmap for solar energy development across 11 Western states, a plan that opens about 32 million acres of federal lands to utility-scale solar ...

Dave Duttlinger’s first thought when he saw a dense band of yellowish-brown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana farm was: I warned them this would happen. About 445 acres of his fields near ...

Harford County is moving to preserve 1,110 acres of agricultural land to meet its goal of preserving 75,000 acres by 2040 as solar farms pose mounting pressure for land use across the state. The 1,110 ...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published details of a plan to make millions of acres of public lands across the western U.S. available for development of solar power. The Western Solar Plan, ...

Alternative energy sources such as wind, geothermal, hydro and solar have grown increasingly popular as ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the grid by decentralizing power ...

To work around the issue of acquiring large, contiguous parcels of land, PSUs are increasingly tying up with state ...

BALTIMORE — A fifth community solar project has entered Harford County’s development pipeline and is set to add nearly 40 acres to the roughly 61 acres already dedicated to community solar generating ...

It's a topic that could reasonably be expected to generate controversy: chopping down trees on state-managed Michigan forest land to enable installation of large arrays of private companies' solar ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will continue its halt on any new utility-scale solar projects on state-managed forestlands as it works on a framework for how to consider such projects.

The 2,000-acre, 265-megawatt solar array is to be constructed on abandoned strip mine land along Black Moshannon and Coaldale roads.