Researchers have proposed that warehouses, commercial areas, shopping centers, and factories’ unoccupied rooftops are a kind of better options for solar and battery power stations.
If successful, such centers could produce 25% of Australia’s power and give a major push to the country’s clean energy efforts.
Commercial businesses could generate solar power during the day, store it in batteries on site and sell it back to the grid during the evening peak.
The idea will help produce electricity in the city and could also reduce transmission losses, according to a paper.
Enough unused commercial and industrial rooftop space
“Our calculations show Australia has enough unused commercial and industrial rooftop space to supply at least 25% of our annual electricity use – five times as much as currently supplied by gas-fired generators,” said researchers from Australia’s Victoria University.
The idea is motivated by the urgent…
