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No land is left uncultivated under photovoltaic panels

The answer, generally, is no, solar farms don't inherently damage the soil; in fact, they can often improve soil health if properly managed. . Ground-based, utility-scale solar panel installations used for electricity generation of 1 MW or greater are commonly referred to as 'solar farms' (US Energy Information Administration, 2020). The purpose of the solar farm is to generate and sell electricity, therefore it is key that the. . While land leases generally offer protection for landowners so that farms can be reclaimed from the solar installations, in practice damage is already being done with remediation as long as 50 years in the future. That gap hides the true scale of habitat loss, especially in natural areas like shrublands. As shown in Map 1, roughly 18% of ground-mounted PV facilities in the U. [PDF Version]