Michigan Frees up 3.4 Million Farm Acres for Solar Development

摘要

Solar developers and farmers are celebrating a Michigan agriculture policy shift that opens roughly 3.4 million acres of cropland to develop commercial solar arrays. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) announced June 3 the state will now let farmers keep tax incentives for growing crops like cherries and cranberries-even if they use those acres for solar development instead.