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There's a shopping centre carpark here in South Australia where the shade structures are solar panels. Useful for customers in rain or heat, and obviously pract
by prawn 5y ago
There's a shopping centre carpark here in South Australia where the shade structures are solar panels. Useful for customers in rain or heat, and obviously practical beyond that. You can see it here, plus the panels on the shopping centre also.
https://binged.it/3nIyoRV https://binged.it/3nIyoRV (Bing, since Google Maps has old imagery)
- andylynch 5y agoLooking around that map it’s surprising to see just how many buildings of all sizes have solar panels fitted. Impressive!
- prawn 5y agoIn that suburb, 41% of residential properties have solar. In my area (a couple of kilometres away) it's about 45%. The payback period is very favourable even without a reduction in feed-in tariffs, last I checked. So the hold-outs might include people expecting to sell their house within a few years, renters, etc. Data from: https://pv-map.apvi.org.au/historical#10/-34.9043/138.6463 https://pv-map.apvi.org.au/historical#10/-34.9043/138.6463 And it should be even more attractive for commercial properties operating and running A/C or heating during peak sunlight time.