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Re:A 100MW solar farm in Texas will mount panels directly on... by imoverclocked on Saturday December 10, 2022 @12:05AM (#33930050)
Yes, they are also very fragile and take a long time to recover.

I think solar panels done right could actually help a desert though. Providing shade can allow some plants to thrive but most solar developers aren’t thinking about the ecology of a region.

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Re:A 100MW solar farm in Texas will mount panels directly on... by jacquesm on Saturday December 10, 2022 @03:57AM (#33931123)
Large installations usually come with mandatory ecological impact assessment requirements.
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Re:A 100MW solar farm in Texas will mount panels directly on... by imoverclocked on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:02PM (#33934907)
How many of these mandatory impact assessments are identifying ways of improving the ecosystem with their installation? Obviously I don’t mean by by displacing carbon.
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Re:A 100MW solar farm in Texas will mount panels directly on... by lazide on Sunday December 11, 2022 @12:49AM (#33940470)
If you’re providing massive amounts of new shade in an ecosystem that normally doesn’t get it, that is going to change things.
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