Researchers Say 53 Million Hectares of Abandoned Land Could be Used for Solar Deployment

Solar projects on abandoned cropland can generate 179 exajoules of energy annually

December 27, 2020

/ Harsh Shukla
/ Solar, Utility Scale
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Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have estimated the potential for solar photovoltaic (PV) and bioenergy deployment on recently abandoned cropland across the globe.

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