Comments on: Less than 3% of farmland could power the Midwest https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/05/29/less-than-3-of-farmland-could-power-the-midwest/ Solar Energy Markets and Technology Fri, 31 May 2024 12:41:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Ajay Goyal https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/05/29/less-than-3-of-farmland-could-power-the-midwest/#comment-293004 Fri, 31 May 2024 12:41:56 +0000 https://pv-magazine-usa.com/?p=104700#comment-293004 The USA can meet ALL ITS ENERGY NEEDS… not just Electricity (that is about 25% of total Energy Used in the USA.. TODAY) on just 100,000km2 of it 4 Million km2 of Farmland… (~ 0.25%)… with a 15TW AgriVoltaics (AV) System, generating 18,000TWh/yr, by 2050… (Today… the USA uses about 13,000 TWh/yr of Energy by ALL ITS SECTORS..)…

AS SIMPLE AS THAT… NO NEED FOR IN-DEPTH STUDY OR ANALYSIS… JUST COMMON SENSE.. WHERE WE ARE TODAY & EXTRAPOLATING TO 2050…

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