Photo by Sean Nealon, Oregon State University
New French law will blanket parking lots with solar panels
French parking lots could soon generate as much electricity as 10 nuclear power plants, after a law is expected to win final passage on Tuesday requiring canopies of solar panels to be built atop all substantial lots in the country.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/02/06/france-solar-parking-lots/
Combining solar panels and lamb grazing increases land productivity, study finds
Land productivity could be greatly increased by combining sheep grazing and solar energy production on the same land, according to new research by Oregon State University scientists.
Wrangling over renewables: Counties push back on Newsom administration usurping local control
“It’s a humongous task,” said Siva Gunda, vice chair of the California Energy Commission. “We’ve had 100 years to build the grid the way it is today and we’re redoing it in the next 20 years. At least we have a plan. We are digging ourselves out of a hole.”
https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/08/renewable-energy-california-counties/
