Sammy_Roth t1_j7w8rwb wrote
Reply to comment by GREENbear-king in I’m Sammy Roth, an L.A. Times reporter trying to figure out where to put all the solar and wind farms we'll need to fight climate change. Is farmland the answer? AMA! by losangelestimes
Yes, definitely -- the Inflation Reduction Act (climate bill signed into law by President Biden last year) includes significant new financial incentives for going solar: https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/alternative-energy/how-the-residential-clean-energy-solar-tax-credit-works-a1771685058/.
That said, individual U.S. states have at times gone in the opposite direction, reducing incentive payments for rooftop solar. That's what happened in California last year, which I wrote about here: https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2022-12-22/how-californias-new-rooftop-solar-rules-will-affect-you-boiling-point.
Hope that's helpful. Thank you for the question!
GREENbear-king t1_j7wid2z wrote
Surely it would at least reduce the need for huge farms limiting the ecological or farm land impact.
Sammy_Roth t1_j7wivlx wrote
Definitely -- more rooftop solar could limit the need for large solar farms, although almost certainly not eliminate it. See, for instance: https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2021-01-07/how-rooftop-solar-could-save-americans-473-billion-dollars-boiling-point
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