If you're concerned about wind and solar farms occupying land then look what is happening in Germany in the relentless search for more coal. One day you're living in your several-hundred year old village and the next there's a open-pit coal mine that can be seen from space.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garzweiler_surface_mine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambach_surface_mine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignite