May 10, 2012

Solar Energy & Land Management

Julia Herniak, Renewable Energy World


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Power production requires resources. Among these resources includes space and land. This is a fact of nature. Since the sun beams down energy across the earth each and every day, basically anywhere in the world can become a power plant. The problem is that this land may possibly be reserved for other necessary things, such as food production and farming. Land management must be decided such that everything required is produced.

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