France’s plan for solar panels on all car parks is just the start of an urban renewable revolution

Ryan, Dylan

Abstract

France has approved legislation that will require all car parks with more than 80 spaces to be covered over by solar panels. This is part of a wider programme that will see solar panels occupy derelict lots, vacant land alongside roads and railways, as well as some farmland.

This is expected to add 11 gigawatts to the French electricity grid equal to ten nuclear reactors.

Do the numbers add up? And should other countries do the same?

Citation

Ryan, D. (2022). France’s plan for solar panels on all car parks is just the start of an urban renewable revolution. [Blog post]

• Other Type: Other
• Online Publication Date: Nov 17, 2022
• Publication Date: Nov 17, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jan 9, 2023
• Publisher: The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited
• Keywords: Solar power, Renewables, France, BIPV
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2984325
• Related Public URLs: https://theconversation.com/frances-plan-for-solar-panels-on-all-car-parks-is-just-the-start-of-an-urban-renewable-revolution-194572