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Solar panels don’t just generate electricity. New research suggests that large, ground-mounted solar farms can alter soil moisture, temperature, vegetation, and even carbon storage, particularly in arid and desert regions. Not all deserts are the same though. Large solar developments in the wrong region can still damage fragile ecosystems if poorly designed. So, the key question is not whether solar PV changes landscapes. They do. It’s how intelligently we design those systems to benefit local biodiversity as we scale up clean energy.
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Reference Links
Futura Article on positive benefits of desert solar
They thought they were just producing energy… but the solar panels awakened the desert
A global assessment of the effects of solar farms on albedo, vegetation, and land surface temperature using remote sensing
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X23008320
Potential benefits and risks of solar photovoltaic power plants on arid and semi-arid ecosystems: an assessment of soil microbial and plant communities
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10427150/pdf/fmicb-14-1190650.pdf
Cacti and Other Iconic Desert Plants Threatened by Solar Development
https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/cacti-and-other-iconic-desert-plants-threatened-solar-development
An observational study on the microclimate and soil thermal regimes under solar photovoltaic arrays
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X23007934
AGU – Impacts of Large-Scale Sahara Solar Farms on Global Climate and Vegetation Cover
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2020GL090789
PubMed Central – Potential benefits and risks of solar photovoltaic power plants on arid and semi-arid ecosystems: an assessment of soil microbial and plant communities
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10427150/
Impacts of photovoltaic solar energy on soil carbon: A global systematic review and framework
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032124007585
Global Solar Map
https://globalsolaratlas.info
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