Exactly. Lots of land multiplies in value if the cost of solar panels + battery storage over the life of the installation is cheaper than running 1/4 mile of transmission line.
Once this number becomes lower than the cost of running diesel generators, an explosion in use will occur.
Because of the insane costs of solar and wind power, I have friends in Australia who say it is cheaper for them to buy and use diesel generators for their irrigation systems than it is to use power from their electrical grid! (this is with the electrical grid already installed)
Understanding that I am a fan of customer-owned and operated solar power (co-generation essentially) and NOT utility-owned large-scale solar, I am wondering when the legit climate folks will look into the impact of large solar panel fields on what’s called planetary albedo, although localized. Just like concrete and steel cities act as heat sinks, large solar panel fields, designed to be as perpendicular as possible to the incident angle of sunshine, are likely to reflect LARGE amounts of ‘heat’ into the atmosphere.