Agriculture and Solar Farms
通过在美国爱荷华州的实验，研究了不同利益相关者对太阳能项目属性的偏好，特别是高质量农田与太阳能开发的权衡，发现公众官员和土地所有者比普通民众更重视优质农田。
<h3>Abstract</h3> Utility-scale solar development has raised considerable local land use concerns. We investigate stakeholders’ valuations for solar project attributes, focusing on land use trade-offs with a choice experiment in U.S. state of Iowa that incorporates information treatments and choice uncertainty. Results indicate substantial heterogeneity, with public officials and landowners valuing high-quality farmland significantly more than the general population and non-landowners. However, information treatments do not significantly affect attribute tradeoffs, though they influence overall support for solar. Rankings of land use challenges vary with respondents’ farming backgrounds and solar experiences and interests. Findings highlight stakeholder-specific preferences shaping local acceptance of solar projects.