in addition the land a wind farm occupies can often be used by and large just as it had been before eg for grazing or agriculture indeed it can be considered the major landuse change for offshore wind farms which critics say detract from landscape and coastal views and lower the value of homes in areas with recreational value and in particular on the seaside the first is the dominant source of solar power gw of installed capacity compared to gw of the latter and has been the focus of studies on land requirements ren