LughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 1 year agoCooler parking lot with 12 MW solar carport to give 100% renewable electricity to California Six Flags.pv-magazine-usa.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down13cross-posted to: futurology
arrow-up1195arrow-down1external-linkCooler parking lot with 12 MW solar carport to give 100% renewable electricity to California Six Flags.pv-magazine-usa.comLughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilinkcross-posted to: futurology
minus-squareLughOPMAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·edit-21 year agoWorth pointing out that covering parking lots with solar became the law this year in France. A study there says that if half France’s parking lots were covered in solar panels their output would exceed all of France’s nuclear power stations. https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/09/new-law-50-solar-power-over-parking-lots-in-france/
minus-squarePlayer2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoRather than being uplifting, that just exposes just how much of our cities we have let completely go to waste by having them be asphalt lots
Worth pointing out that covering parking lots with solar became the law this year in France. A study there says that if half France’s parking lots were covered in solar panels their output would exceed all of France’s nuclear power stations.
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/09/new-law-50-solar-power-over-parking-lots-in-france/
Rather than being uplifting, that just exposes just how much of our cities we have let completely go to waste by having them be asphalt lots
Ty for sharing this!