> The appeal of parking lots and rooftops, by contrast, is that they are abundant, close to customers, largely untapped for solar power generation, and on land that’s already been stripped of much of its biological value.
Also, the panels mitigate the parking lots from becoming heat storage batteries (so to speak).
There's a reason summer temps fall further at night in rurals areas (e.g., Vermont) than they do in urban / suburban areas (e.g., New Jersey). Trees and such don't hold heat the way pavement does.
Now obviously simply adding solar panels to parking lots in NJ isn't going to have a massive impact, but it's not going to hurt either.
Also, the panels mitigate the parking lots from becoming heat storage batteries (so to speak).
There's a reason summer temps fall further at night in rurals areas (e.g., Vermont) than they do in urban / suburban areas (e.g., New Jersey). Trees and such don't hold heat the way pavement does.
Now obviously simply adding solar panels to parking lots in NJ isn't going to have a massive impact, but it's not going to hurt either.