Understanding Emerging Impacts and Requirements Related to Utility-Scale Solar Development

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Title: Understanding Emerging Impacts and Requirements Related to Utility-Scale Solar Development

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Utility-scale solar energy plays an important role in the nation’s strategy to address climate change threats through increased deployment of renewable energy technologies, and both the federal government and individual states have established specific goals for increased solar energy development. In order to achieve these goals, much attention is paid to making utility-scale solar energy cost-competitive with other conventional energy sources, while concurrently conducting solar development in an environmentally sound manner.

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Hartmann, Heidi M. ^[1]; Grippo, Mark A. ^[1]; Heath, Garvin A. ^[2]; Macknick, Jordan ^[2]; Smith, Karen P. ^[1]; Sullivan, Robert G. ^[1]; Walston, Leroy J. ^[1]; Wescott, Konstance L. ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

OSTI Identifier:: 1329640

Report Number(s):: ANL/EVS-16/9
130700

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; avian issues; compensatory mitigation; land requirements; long-term; monitoring; utility-scale solar; visual

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                    Hartmann, Heidi M., Grippo, Mark A., Heath, Garvin A., Macknick, Jordan, Smith, Karen P., Sullivan, Robert G., Walston, Leroy J., and Wescott, Konstance L.. Understanding Emerging Impacts and Requirements Related to Utility-Scale Solar Development.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Hartmann, Heidi M., Grippo, Mark A., Heath, Garvin A., Macknick, Jordan, Smith, Karen P., Sullivan, Robert G., Walston, Leroy J., & Wescott, Konstance L.. Understanding Emerging Impacts and Requirements Related to Utility-Scale Solar Development.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1329640

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                    Hartmann, Heidi M., Grippo, Mark A., Heath, Garvin A., Macknick, Jordan, Smith, Karen P., Sullivan, Robert G., Walston, Leroy J., and Wescott, Konstance L.. Thu .  
        "Understanding Emerging Impacts and Requirements Related to Utility-Scale Solar Development".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1329640.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1329640.

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  title        = {Understanding Emerging Impacts and Requirements Related to Utility-Scale Solar Development},

  author       = {Hartmann, Heidi M. and Grippo, Mark A. and Heath, Garvin A. and Macknick, Jordan and Smith, Karen P. and Sullivan, Robert G. and Walston, Leroy J. and Wescott, Konstance L.},

  abstractNote = {Utility-scale solar energy plays an important role in the nation’s strategy to address climate change threats through increased deployment of renewable energy technologies, and both the federal government and individual states have established specific goals for increased solar energy development. In order to achieve these goals, much attention is paid to making utility-scale solar energy cost-competitive with other conventional energy sources, while concurrently conducting solar development in an environmentally sound manner.},

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