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Story summary
- Alberta, Canada, has enacted new regulations that ban solar panels on agricultural land and require upfront decommissioning funding.
- The rules aim to prevent issues seen with orphaned oil and gas wells.
- Agrivoltaics uses solar panels to shade crops and can boost food production while reducing fossil fuel reliance.
- Adapting policies could optimize land use and support food production, but Alberta's rules remain unclear.
