If you're not sure why people are excited (and also angry) about renewable energy, this video will hopefully explain. Links to those land use studies are below.

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/04/trading-some-corn-ethanol-land-solar-offers-tremendous-opportunity

https://www.cleanwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Corn-Ethanol-Vs.-Solar-Analysis-V3-9-compressed.pdf

Oh also Jerry Rig Everything's video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xrarUWVRQ