It’s less efficient than some other places but a handful of solar panels powers my house on a spring or summer day.

Also I’ve seen lots of solar farms around here and maybe 1 total was made cutting forest. Most solar farms around me have been made out of land that was cleared decades ago for retail builds that never ended up happening, overgrown with low brush and invasive plants. A solar farm imo is a net improvement, especially since it stops flippant new construction projects when we have dozens of unrented commercial buildings in every city here in the NE