Parking lots are becoming as important as cars in climate change efforts

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Parking lots are becoming as important as cars in climate change efforts
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France recently approved legislation to require solar panels to cover commercial parking lots. Is that approach to renewable construction coming to the U.S.?

France will require all parking lots with 80 or more spaces to be covered by solar panels.

A law approved in France last month requires that parking lots with 80 or more spaces be covered by solar panels within the next five years. For the biggest parking lots, those with more than 400 spaces, three years has been granted to have at least half of the parking lot's surface area covered by solar.

As local and state governments create mandates for renewable energy deployment, and the federal government takes an incentive-based approach to encourage climate technology through measures like the Inflation Reduction Act, major corporations are making their own commitments to solar power.with solar panel carports this spring. Home Depot is making efforts to have all of its stores use only renewable energy by 2030, while Walmart hopes to achieve this by 2040.

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