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Solar Farms May Worsen Climate Change by Increasing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Ignoring the Effects of Photovoltaic Array Deployment on Greenhouse Gas Emissions May Lead to Overestimation of the Contribution of Photovoltaic Power Generation to Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Bin Zhang, Ruohui Zhang, You Li, Shiwen Wang, Xing Fu

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