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[–] growsomethinggood@reddthat.com 5 points 7 months ago

Easier to move than, say, wind turbines, but there's a lot involved to solar installations in the field. Often they have to have significant piles driven into the ground (or you've just made a big glass kite ready to blow away), and the individual panels are about as tall as a person and double sided glass (think about shower glass/slider door glass installation and how often you see videos of them exploding). Installation alone can take over a year for larger facilities. I'd imagine there could be some creative solutions to rotating solar with crops, but I generally agree with the other folks suggesting some form of agrovoltaics is more viable with the technology we have currently!