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Land can be used for many other things, while roofs are quite limited in what they can house. It is, in fact, much more efficient to install solar panels on all
by jotm 12y ago
Land can be used for many other things, while roofs are quite limited in what they can house. It is, in fact, much more efficient to install solar panels on all the roofs instead of (literally) the ground...
- EliRivers 12y agoBut roofs already being used, as roofs. They are of limited area, you can't work on them so easily as open land, each roof will need its own negotiations and agreements, each roof will be different, each building will need to be connected separately to the grid, harder and more expensive to maintain, harder and more expensive to inspect, on and on; it's massively inefficient compared to just doing it on open land.
- jotm 12y agoI'm more of a fan of individual installations than a distributed grid. My point is, you can install solar panels on roofs, but you can't install anything above and around solar panels.