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c/climate · by inari@piefed.zip · 150d

Korea plans to mandate solar panels on rooftops of new factories in renewable energy push

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-04-06/business/economy/Govt-plans-to-mandate-solar-panels-on-rooftops-of-new-factories-in-renewable-energy-push/2562351

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RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 150d (3 replies)

This makes so much sense:

  1. Centralized maintenance compared to individual rooftop solar
  2. Peak generation during buisness hours is actually a huge bonus instead of a drawback
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 150d (1 reply)

you also have the benefit that having chargers at work would be a positive workplace benefit as not needing to pay for "gas" adds up over time.

the averge person spends most of their time during daytime away from home, so its far less practical to have solar at home.

vividspecter@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 150d

the averge person spends most of their time during daytime away from home, so its far less practical to have solar at home.

Only because of hostility to work-from-home policies; plenty of people spent their days at home during the pandemic, and there's also carers and the elderly that are home most of the time.

But this is definitely a "why not both" scenario as both will have benefits and aid in greater decentralisation of the grid, reducing the risk of down time (whether intentional or otherwise).

5715@feddit.org · 8 pts · 150d

This is also such a no-brainer from a fiscal point of view, it's literally unused, unproductive land (rooftops).

FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 150d

As mentioned in the article, the energy storage systems should be paired up with this solar panel expansion as well, in order to help deal with potential curtailment issues. Why not create an incentive for both commercial and at-home battery storage? Still, this is amazing news.

xerxes@piefed.social · 3 pts · 150d

But why? Trump already told the rest of the world to buy American oil and to also open up the strait since the "hard part is already done". Why do we need clean, locally sourced energy?