▲ 1090 ▼ Obvious choice (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 months ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net 285 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 17 points 4 months ago (1 child) You wouldn't want many carparks in the first place. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) True, but if we're not getting rid of them, let's at least make them useful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psud@aussie.zone 1 point 4 months ago My suburban shopping centre has space for 2.2MW, it's about 5km from the nearest power substation But they can only export 30kw into the suburban grid (10kW/phase * 3 phases) To export the other 2.17MW they would need to run high voltage main lines 5km to the nearest substation The farm nearest me has 13kW and is right near a main power line permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) True, but if we're not getting rid of them, let's at least make them useful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psud@aussie.zone 1 point 4 months ago My suburban shopping centre has space for 2.2MW, it's about 5km from the nearest power substation But they can only export 30kw into the suburban grid (10kW/phase * 3 phases) To export the other 2.17MW they would need to run high voltage main lines 5km to the nearest substation The farm nearest me has 13kW and is right near a main power line permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 point 4 months ago My suburban shopping centre has space for 2.2MW, it's about 5km from the nearest power substation But they can only export 30kw into the suburban grid (10kW/phase * 3 phases) To export the other 2.17MW they would need to run high voltage main lines 5km to the nearest substation The farm nearest me has 13kW and is right near a main power line permalink fedilink source parent