Solar cells can give double, or even triple, depending on what you had grown on the ground. Many landowners would like to have solar cells on their land because it pays so well.
Danish company European Energy has bought Svedberga farm to build 230 hectares of solar parks. Project manager Peter Braun believes that solar cells can actually benefit agriculture. "It will be easier to survive in years with bad weather and poorer harvests," he says. The issue of using agricultural land for solar cells is controversial.