Doesn’t the covered farm land require the same thing? They’re not hucking the panels out into the field and leaving them on the ground. They’re creating raised platforms to put them on. And they’re obviously going to have maintainence and cleaning and repair as well.
I know it’s more expensive in a parking lot, because that platform is taller, but to my (entirely uneducated on the subject) thinking, it seems like taller platform is the only real difference
Depends on where you live and how high it is. Here 2m or higher the worker has to use equipment to prevent falling injuries.
At lower heights you can use a regular front loader, maybe on the farmers tractor.
The reason this is not done is not because no one thought about it before.
The reasons we see this done is because we don’t actually value our land accurately. It’s very easy to develop over farm land but much more difficult to get that land back.
How much does it cost to transport x kWh of electricity from outside of town into town?
How much does it cost to build an elevated platform, lift the panel up there, rent a lift once in a while to enable routine maintenence?
The reasons you don’t see this done is not because noone thought about it, it’s because it does not make economical sense (yet).
Not arguing, trying to understand.
Doesn’t the covered farm land require the same thing? They’re not hucking the panels out into the field and leaving them on the ground. They’re creating raised platforms to put them on. And they’re obviously going to have maintainence and cleaning and repair as well.
I know it’s more expensive in a parking lot, because that platform is taller, but to my (entirely uneducated on the subject) thinking, it seems like taller platform is the only real difference
Depends on where you live and how high it is. Here 2m or higher the worker has to use equipment to prevent falling injuries.
At lower heights you can use a regular front loader, maybe on the farmers tractor.
The reason this is not done is not because no one thought about it before.
The reasons we see this done is because we don’t actually value our land accurately. It’s very easy to develop over farm land but much more difficult to get that land back.