Economic Implications of Agricultural Land Conversion to Solar Power Production
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چکیده
Meeting greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets will require a significant increase in electricity production from sustainable and renewable sources such as solar energy. Farmers have recognized this need chance to the profitability of their farms by allocating farmland power production. However, shift agriculture has many tradeoffs, arising primarily alternative land uses other means This paper models farmers’ decision constrained profit maximization problem, subject amount owned farmers, who allocate it between fields, while considering factors affecting costs. The problem is nested social welfare which includes additional ecological aesthetical values competing uses. Empirical analysis using data field operating Israel shows that landowners choose on unless agricultural generates an unusually high net income. Adding non-market services provided does not change result. consideration GHG emissions further increases fields.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Energies
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1996-1073']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14196063