There are many large unused stores in the USA,just sitting there,abandoned.Someone is paying taxes on the buildings and property.For instance a Wal Mart Super Center,covering several acres.
As a general rule, 1 acre of solar panels produces about 351 MWh of electrical energy per year. The actual profit depends on the Country and State/location irradiance (Peak-sun-hours), but the average is approximately $14,000. Installation cost for 1 acre of solar panels is about $450,000.
Why not use the roofs and parking lots for solar cells?The building was supplied with 3 phase main energy suitable for many kilowatts of electricity,it could be used to transmit energy with minor modification of the transformers.
The heavier components could be placed on the bottom floors.
Large buildings are usually replaced with new ones at a different location when the tax depreciation runs out,and they build new ones and the tax depreciation credit carries on.
There is a lot of available space just sitting there, going to waste when it could be used to generate energy.
Is this being used anywhere?
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