SolarEdge and Solar Landscape plan to fit more than 500 warehouses with a combined photovoltaic installation of 630 megawatts, enough to power 80,000 homes
As the U.S. clambers for more power, some think the answer might be just above their heads.
On a flight into Los Angeles, Martin Rogers, U.S. general manager at solar technology firm SolarEdge, noticed the opportunity first hand: mile after mile of empty warehouse rooftops.
“It’s amazing how much rooftop space there is that just sits there unused,” he said. “I thought to myself: When is somebody going to capitalize on all this?”
On Wednesday, SolarEdge partnered with Solar Landscape, a developer of rooftop solar projects, to install 630 megawatts of solar capacity across more than 500 commercial and industrial rooftops in the U.S. The projects are expected to be delivered over the next year, and, once complete, would mark America’s largest rooftop solar installation...
On a flight into Los Angeles, Martin Rogers, U.S. general manager at solar technology firm SolarEdge, noticed the opportunity first hand: mile after mile of empty warehouse rooftops.
“It’s amazing how much rooftop space there is that just sits there unused,” he said. “I thought to myself: When is somebody going to capitalize on all this?”
On Wednesday, SolarEdge partnered with Solar Landscape, a developer of rooftop solar projects, to install 630 megawatts of solar capacity across more than 500 commercial and industrial rooftops in the U.S. The projects are expected to be delivered over the next year, and, once complete, would mark America’s largest rooftop solar installation...
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RSK: The article states that some owners can get a 3% to5% extra income to their bottom line by leasing out their rooftops for solar power. Not sure about that up here in the frozen tundra of Wisconsin.
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