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It seems an odd idea when we have so many roofs, car parks, roads, and other things that don't already use the sun we could cover in solar panels.
by RobotToaster 4y ago
It seems an odd idea when we have so many roofs, car parks, roads, and other things that don't already use the sun we could cover in solar panels.
- Oxidation 4y agoSolar Roadways is a meme company for a reason. Paving with solar panels is a nightmare on pretty much every axis: installation, maintenance, cost, reliability, efficiency, safety, all of it. And while tessellating every surface with little panels gets more energy than not (and is the only option if that's all the land you own, like people adding panels to their own houses), it's dramatically easier and cheaper to lay out 1MW of panels in one 100m X 100m square, than 1000 hetrogenous 1kW panels mishmashed over dozens or hundreds of buildings. For large buildings, then, yes, it's a pretty clear win. The IKEAs in London have large arrays on their roofs, for example.