BigDMay 14, 2025

Makes a lot of sense.
Rail vs trucks as well as solar powered buildings.

Construction giant Calder Stewart has proposed a "$3 billion" solar-powered inland port it says will boost Otago's export capacity and create hundreds of jobs.

The 'Milburn Quadrant development', north of Milton, would span over 200ha in total and host a 55ha inland port that connected directly to State Highway 1 and the South Island's main trunk rail line, a statement issued this morning said.
#port
#inlandport
#otago
#solarroofs

'$3 billion' Otago inland port proposal revealed https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560948/3-billion-otago-inland-port-proposal-revealed

'$3 billion' Otago inland port proposal revealed

Construction giant Calder Stewart says it will boost the region's export capacity and create hundreds of jobs.

RNZ
Show threadTC (Tirthankar Chakraborty)Nov 30, 2022

Another aspect of #urbanheat is its impact on cooling energy demand. #Coolroofs reduce energy demand the most and #solarpanels reduce it the least.

However, through #energy production, #solarroofs can cover almost half of the total cooling energy demand over the day.

Show threadTC (Tirthankar Chakraborty)Nov 30, 2022

Thus, the electricity generated by #solarroofs more than compensates for their somewhat weaker cooling efficiency (compared to #coolroofs) for the study period and location if we are primarily targeting the energy impacts of #urbanheat (versus outdoor #health impacts).

There are several other considerations and trade-offs (and, of course, uncertainties in representation of these processes in the model), which are discussed more thoroughly in the paper.