Solar power generation on the grassland
Photovoltaic systems relieve the pressure of resource extraction and energy generation on climate change,and their installation and module operation affect vegetation productivity and grassland
Photovoltaic systems relieve the pressure of resource extraction and energy generation on climate change, and their installation and module operation affect vegetation productivity and grassland restoration by changing the microenvironment and ecosystem processes.
Grassland ecosystems account for over 20 % of the global land area, providing huge potential for the deployment of photovoltaic panels (Zhang et al., 2024a).
Specifically, many photovoltaic power stations have been built in degraded grassland ecosystem in semi-arid areas, which effectively utilizes the land's resources limited by low water and nutrient availability (Heredia-Velásquez et al., 2023).
The study suggested that photovoltaic systems promoted vegetation restoration of grassland ecosystem in semi-arid region through the water and nutrient coordination and the carbon-water coupling, and provides a solution for reasonable planning of photovoltaic industry and sustainable socio-economic development. 1. Introduction
Photovoltaic systems relieve the pressure of resource extraction and energy generation on climate change,and their installation and module operation affect vegetation productivity and grassland
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Photovoltaic systems relieve the pressure of resource extraction and energy generation on climate change, and their installation and module operation affect vegetation productivity and
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