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Should solar canopies be placed on parking lots?

Solar farms are proliferating on undeveloped land, often harming ecosystems. But placing solar canopies on large parking lots offers a host of advantages — making use of land that is already cleared, producing electricity close to those who need it, and even shading cars. By Richard Conniff • November 22, 2021

Can parking lots be used as solar power plants?

Parking lots are an important part of the infrastructure in any place where people use cars and other vehicles to get around. And they cover huge sealed surfaces all around us – near places of work, homes and shops. But parking lot PV transforms them into solar power plants.

What are parking lot photovoltaics?

Parking lot photovoltaics (parking lot PV) can transform parking lots belonging to companies, private households and local authorities into solar power plants. There is huge potential here to generate green electricity and make dual use of sealed surfaces. Not to mention that global demand for e-cars is on the rise.

Will German parking lots be able to generate solar power?

If existing parking lots were covered by this regulation in Germany too, almost a quarter of the 215 GW of PV capacity the German government is aiming to have installed by 2030 could stem from parking lot PV, according to a study conducted by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE.