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True or false? Most large scale solar energy projects in the US encounter relatively few permitting conflicts.

Many media stories that spread the perception that opposition to solar development is common. A new study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers says the correct answer to the question is….

True.

It turns out that institutional arrangements and project scale, rather than partisan composition, appear to shape conflict and attention in solar permitting.