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How Do Neighbors of Solar Farms Really Feel? A New Survey Has Answers
Overall sentiment is positive, but swings toward negative for people living close to the largest projects.
By Dan Gearino
For people living within three miles of a large solar farm, positive attitudes about the development outnumber negative ones by about a three-to-one margin, according to a new national survey released this week by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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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.