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It blows my mind that some massive chains aren’t sprinting to do stuff like this in the US. They love nothing more than money, and stuff like this only cuts their running costs massively in the long term. Plus they probably sell a bunch of excess power back to the grid.
That isn’t even mentioning that if you want to reach out and grab new customers, The current generation wants to see stuff like this. The oil and coal generation is on their way to becoming more oil and coal; we are the ones that are going to be shopping there
Makes me think of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co in Chico, CA. They’ve had those panels up for what feels like a decade now? Always made walking from/to the car infinitely more pleasant.
Owen’s Corning world headquarters in Toledo Ohio does this too. No gaps in the panels. It’s wonderful to walk out of the building through the tunnel and into an entirely covered parking lot. Cars stay cool in the summer, dry in the rain, and snow free in the winter. Plus it powers the office building.
This is common in Arizona.
France passed a law that all parking lots over a minimum size will be required to have solar such as this. I assume that to be a lot of solar panels.
Upvote so corporations see this is what we want
France recently passed a law where it’s mandatory for 80+ parking places to have solar panel roof.
Prior that it was already getting quite common in South of France, where summers are really hot.
Here are few example:
[https://www.publicsenat.fr/sites/default/files/styles/pse_mobile_contenu_entete_16_9/public/thumbnails/image/sipa_00591366_000004.jpg](https://www.publicsenat.fr/sites/default/files/styles/pse_mobile_contenu_entete_16_9/public/thumbnails/image/sipa_00591366_000004.jpg?itok=_e1z9-tu)
[https://www.francetvinfo.fr/pictures/ZoX8R8mLjdcHv3iXcutFNDmraFQ/640×360/2022/09/15/eltVideoWs-df4d37da-3524-11ed-b69f-a9290864e4cb-6323701bc4052.jpg](https://www.francetvinfo.fr/pictures/ZoX8R8mLjdcHv3iXcutFNDmraFQ/640×360/2022/09/15/eltVideoWs-df4d37da-3524-11ed-b69f-a9290864e4cb-6323701bc4052.jpg)
Cincinnati Zoo has done this and it powers the zoo..and makes parking much nicer and cooler
Have worked in solar development for over a decade. The reason there aren’t more of these is because they cost so dang much (shit ton of steel). Makes the return in investment prohibitively long, and therefore tough to finance. We could afford to build these and have them privately financed if the local Towns and Counties did not have their hands out demanding insane tax payments, but that’s another issue. I’m hoping we’ll see more of these over the next decade!
Honestly each chain could power their store and the surrounding stores with just parking lot Solar.
It’s mindblowing to me how these things aren’t covering Florida. I mean, I understand why not, but it still blows my mind.
I always think this. Why don’t stores take advantage of the large open lots and in stall Solar panels that can double as shade?
they installed the same thing at a local mall’s parking lot here in south africa. it wasn’t even 2weeks before it was all stolen… it was just the structure with a bunch of wires hanging from it in the end. #ProudlySouthAfrican
Looks like a super expensive parking lot
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor waterpark in New Jersey has the bulk of their parking lots covered plus another ground installation nearby. They have over 60,000 panels, and the theme park is almost exclusively solar powered.
I’ve seen this at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, more of Florida could definitely utilize this.
Cincinnati Zoo has this. Great idea.
Solar engineer here. This setup is called carport solar and is the most expensive option when you compare the 3 main ones which are ground mount, rooftop, and carport. In most cases, you have to set up the structure which adds a lot to the cost of the array. A straight ground mount project can be as low as $1.20 per watt for a decent sized project which can have simple paybacks of 10 years or less. Rooftops can be between 1.5-2 bucks per watt so their paybacks are 15 years or so. Carports can be over 3 bucks a watt because of all the structural material required so it only makes sense in areas with high radiation and high electricity rates. The lifetime of solar systems is 25 years so if a carport payback is greater than that, you lose money over time, which is usually the case so you dont see this setup too often.
There’s a lot of these in AZ. Not as many as there should be, but a fair amount
This is an Asu parking lot in Phoenix isn’t it. Great idea, particularly in such a conservative state, I guess everyone likes conserving their money.
Kaiser facilities in California do this. I wish theme parks did.
My job is in the process of putting up a ton of solar panels. My only regret is all of the trees they cut down to make way for the solar. I miss those trees
Username checks out perfectly!
Looks like the Frys at happy valley and lake pleasant parkway in Peoria AZ
Is this in Peoria, AZ at the Frys parking lot??!
Looks just like the frys in Peoria, Arizona
It is, but it also highlight just how much wasted space is generated by parking lots.
I don’t see why big box stores like Walmart don’t do this, power most of their store if not all while also giving shade, initial cost would be rediculous but it should pay itself off fast as fuck
We have a lot of this in Arizona.
This is the future. With EV ubiquity on the horizon, creating plentiful free electricity in the same location that the cars will be parked will seem so obvious that not having a solar panel covered carpark will seem mad.
Absolute no brainer – I wish every parking lot had this in some shape
Private companies with long term growth goals do this. Public companies can’t see past the next quarter.
Yeah but what about Solar Freaking Roadway /s?
We could be doing this over so many highways and lots. Hell the structure could last over 50 years and only have to replace the panels after 25 or 30 years.
Most school parking lots here in California are like this.
Commonplace in California. Almost every police department, city office and high school has an array like that.
I’d rather installations like that than chopping down forests or covering fields.
don’t let Fox News get a hold of this good idea
Whomever created this idea needs a raise.
Everything in Arizona needs this
This is how it should be done. Not taking up farm land and fencing it off, then mowing it with gas mowers.
Add a few EV chargers and it can even be a profit center.
this is the best use of solar imo, if we covered every non-descript corporate office building (and parking garage, and stadium roof, etc.) in every major city with solar panels we could greatly reduce reliance on less stable energy sources like fossil fuels.
Had this near me and within a month some dipshit hit a post and collapsed part of it.
Actually illegal in Florida. Thanks DeDumbass.
the US is actually ridiculously well built for solar energy.
it has so many car parks everywhere because of being a huge car nation.
you could easily get most of your energy through it with little change in infrastructure.
Yeah every parking lot in the US should be done like this.