Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The world is currently experiencing tremendous growth in the deployment of solar photovoltaic panels. Most of this new capacity is being located on rural, agricultural, or other comparatively less developed land. In this context, land tenure—the formal and informal rules governing who can access, use, control, and benefit from land—matters enormously in shaping the trajectories of both solar and social development, in ways yet barely explored in the literature on renewable energy development. As part of a special issue on ‘The Dawn of Solar Photovoltaics,’ this commentary explicates the role of land tenure in the development of solar power.
Source: Sustainability Science
Author: James McCarthy
Institution: Clark University
Language: English
Topic: Land Rights and Reforms
Subfield: Soil Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,890
Funder: Norges Forskningsråd
OpenAlex ID: W4409952921