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Comment on World’s highways could host 52.3 billion solar panels, say researchers
geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
This is one of those ideas that’s just constantly claimed and constantly rebuked as unrealistic and not feasible
jimmy90@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m not a fan of the guy so if you want his channel you need to search youtube but thunderf00t did a pretty decent if heavily sarcastic video, maybe 2, on why current solar panel roads are ridiculously stupid.
jimmy90@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
ah i think this is solar panel covering as in suspended above the road, not embedded in the road
in india i think they started suspending panels above their canals successfully, i think there are other plans for farms too, that even helps some crops to grow
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I addressed raised panels in other comments as well.
They work really well in farm fields, and I’m pretty sure India has already begun installing panels on some farms to test for runoff complications.
Canals is a really good idea as long as the panels can be serviced easily without making them to tempting to steal.
Roadside anywhere will always fall to the problem that if you make something easy to steal by putting it on the side of the road, it will get stolen.
sonori@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
To be fair, at least in this case it’s looking into putting the panels on a structure above the road instead of the more commonly suggested drive on panel variation. Still pretty unnecessary for most of the world as spare land is something that’s more abundant, but it might be relevant for more space constrained nations and islands where open fields are more expensive than already government owned roadway.