Since tens of thousands of acres of U.S. land are proposed for development into solar power in the upcoming years, the environmental impacts from the installation and operation phases deserve comprehensive research and understanding. For example, the most up-to-date LCA results for CO2 emissions are 16–40 g CO2 kW h−1 [4,6–8], but these numbers do not account for CO2 emissions that arise if the power plant is installed in a forested region, in which case the removal of vegetation during installation needs consideration. Further, regarding impacts to wildlife, we are aware of only one report that collected primary data on impacts from a solar power facility, i.e., Ref. [14].