Comments on: Germans Encouraged to Roof Carports with Solar Panels

By: Ele Truk

Ele Truk — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:59:00 +0000

Keeping cars out of the heat also helps save fuel, both from not needing to run the A/C full blast to cool the car, but also from not having to have the car sitting there running the A/C before anybody is willing to sit in it.
And in the winter, the carport can prevent the car from getting buried in snow, which would also reduce idling as the car owner scrapes the snow off the car before driving it.

Wonder if anybody has done the math on how much gas would be saved by merely using a carport?

By: Aldrin Baroi

Aldrin Baroi — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:10:00 +0000

California State University, Northridge, CA, had this in one of the parking lot, at least partially, from 2004, as far as I remember.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:24:00 +0000

Imagine every driveway or parking lots around shopping centers or at work places, covered with solar panels. It would keep cars from the heat, and charge cars at time where not in use or store it some kind of storage devices on which devices many companies already are working to develop.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:32:00 +0000

1) No additional land is used. No dead tortoises.
2) Shading reduces heat gain in the car, reducing use of air conditioning.
3) Electricity is generated to charge electrics and hybrids.
4) Less labor is required for installation in comparison to solar roofs.
5) Adjacent homes and stores provide a load for the produced power.
6) Optional rainwater catchment can be added.
7) Can also serve as bus shelters, waiting areas for light rail, power for kiosks, etc.

By: Anumakonda Jagadeesh

Anumakonda Jagadeesh — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:55:00 +0000

This I saw in Rome(Cqasaacia),at Car Parking in 1990 itself.

Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
Wind Energy Expert
E-mail: anumakonda.jagadeesh@gmail.com