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Digging Deep to Understand Rural Opposition to Solar Power
In a new study, Pennsylvania researchers aim to convey what drives rural attitudes on renewable energy, including how a history of coal mining affects public opinion.
By Dan Gearino
The United States needs to build vast amounts of renewable energy, and rural communities have an abundance of flat cropland that can accommodate wind and solar power.
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State of Play
Declining costs and government encouragement have resulted in a rapid increase in solar energy production in the United States over the past 10 years, although solar’s share remains small: 1.6 percent of all electricity generation in 2018. That rapid growth is projected to continue.