Interesting that it's far cheaper to have the farms in remote locations rather than on the actual buildings, especially since the nature of the buildings the warehouse group occupies would make it relatively easy to install solar.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought that was interesting also. Which is why I mentioned that I hope they are accounting for transmission losses.

I would have assumed that large warehouse type buildings are the exact type where rooftop solar makes a lot of sense. We are looking at it where I work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The other issue I thought about after making that comment, is how many of it's sites does TWG actually own? I imagine putting solar on someone else's building could be problematic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stupid question: why dont they use at least some transparent panels on top of the buildings to let in light during the daytime? Right now i'm seeing huge, dark halls who are illuminated by rows and rows of artificial light (probably making up a large portion of their power bill), while the sun is providing free, natural light outside most of the business hours.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Quite a few large buildings will do that, every third or fourth roof piece will be transparent to act as a skylight. I don't know why some don't do it, perhaps the transparent pieces don't last as long?