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That would be the best part. Cover all that parking with solar panels, use those panels to partially or completely offset the charging demands of the cars parke
by function_seven 4y ago
That would be the best part. Cover all that parking with solar panels, use those panels to partially or completely offset the charging demands of the cars parked under them. An average parking space has enough room for (napkin math...) 6kW of solar output. That's more than enough to offset a level 2 charger while the driver of that car is in the office.
And it leaves the car cooler at the end of the say.
Costs a bit upfront, sure. But I think we'll continue to see these costs come down, and the incentive to build out parking lot solar arrays will increase as the grid has to adapt to the demands we're placing on it.
- drdec 4y ago>Cover all that parking with solar panels This would help in many cases, but parking garages are a thing, even in my relatively small city. We would need a solution for them as well.
- kadoban 4y agoPutting solar on the roof (adding a roof if necessary) should help a lot. You'd run into issues where it won't scale with garage height of course, but most garages aren't that tall anyway (at least in my area).