Twittr-depr1Nov 15, 2022
Guus der Kinderen

This seems like a pretty impactful directive: France passed legislation demanding that new _and existing_ car parks of considerable size must install solar panels. This could generate power equal to 11 nuclear reactors.

I wonder how the costs and speed of realisation compare, against building 11 nuclear reactors. I'm guessing that solar is cheaper and faster to build too, but I'm unsure.

https://electrek.co/2022/11/08/france-require-parking-lots-be-covered-in-solar-panels/

France to require all large parking lots to be covered by solar panels

France's Senate just approved legislation requiring all parking lots, current and future, to be covered in solar panels.

Electrek
Nov 10, 2022 at 8:01amWeb
Show threadDan CaseleyNov 10, 2022
@guusdk speed might be slow, but cost is very low (to the people passing the law)
Show threadGuus der KinderenNov 10, 2022
@Fishbowler I would guess that installing a lot of solar panels is faster than building a few nuclear reactors. You can parallelize better, and I assume that the know-how is a lot more accessible/available.
Show threadDerekNov 10, 2022
@guusdk @Fishbowler you'll need both anyway, unless you also install massive batteries. Otherwise there's way too much energy during sunny days and way too little at night.