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[โ€“] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My Aldi just put roofs over part of their parking last year. And then they put solar panels of the roof... of the store. Because yeah, there's way more space on the roof than on the parking and I bet it's 10x easier to put solar panels there.

[โ€“] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

It's way easier.

Aside from initial install (crane), it's effectively the same as the right side of the image with the added benefit of not taking up any land