Why so revolutionary?

Why is solar sharing so revolutionary?

An oft-cited drawback of solar power generation is the requirement of a vast surface area. If solar panels are to produce the amount of electricity comparable with nuclear or thermal power plants, the rooftops alone will not suffice. All over the world, low quality land as well as farmland has been used for large scale solar power development.

However, paving agricultural land with solar panels has drawn criticism for curtailing food production potential and destroying agro-ecological landscapes and biodiversity.

The prevalent mindset has been that on one piece of land we can have either agriculture or solar panels, but not both. Solar sharing, in which solar panels are installed above the field with crops, overturn this mindset.