Crit the Topher
This would make so much sense here in Australia, it would provide shade in the heat and simultaneously produce power. But I doubt that this is viable for businesses, given the huge parking lots around shopping centres combined with the meagre feed-in tariffs you get in this country.
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
Jan 1, 2023 at 9:53amWeb
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@Chittopher Imagine though that the supermarket has free electricity plus other shops around, and maybe free car-charging points, maybe a laundrette, or bakery ...and it starts to look much more like only minimal amounts need be sold back to the grid.