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[–] 108 points 5 months ago (13 children)

For the life of me I don’t understand why people are putting them anywhere before every rooftop is covered with them. Roofs are dead space and unlikely to have debris issues (at least compared to a railway).

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  • [–] 39 points 5 months ago*

    It's companies trying to make a quick buck. They tried this with roads too.

    Obviously every home should have them first and all newly built homes should be built with solar efficiency in mind.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Or in parking lots. It would also have the added benefit of providing cover for cars.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    You need some serious concrete and/or steel hardware to build a carpark roof that can hold the solar panels without easily being damaged by cars or broken by strong wind, so that massively inflates the costs. If you had a state owned company producing cheap solutions for this it could work though.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    Every parking lot needs approval of the location, its probably a a pain in the ass, and would disrupt parking while being built which impacts sales (or will be perceived to anyway). If this worked, you only need to deal with a small group of people for a very large space.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    You can lay them down and remove them again and also clean them with automation. There are power lines nearby as well as consumers, electric trains.

    Installing on roofs is manual labor and needs electricians. Which is why you see so many solar farms by the roadside.

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