PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nino Abashidze
AU  - Laura O. Taylor
TI  - Utility-Scale Solar Farms and Agricultural Land Values
AID  - 10.3368/le.99.3.102920-0165R
DP  - 2022 Dec 29
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 102920-0165R
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/12/20/le.99.3.102920-0165R.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/12/20/le.99.3.102920-0165R.full
AB  - Property value models are used to examine how utility-scale, ground-mount solar farms impact nearby agricultural land values. Results indicate that solar farms do not have direct positive or negative spillover effects on nearby agricultural land values. However, results also suggest that solar farm construction may indirectly affect agricultural land values by signaling the land’s suitability for future solar development. Specifically, results indicate that proximity of agricultural land to electric transmission lines may be positively valued after a solar farm is constructed nearby.