Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
Not everyone has a suburban ranch home with 2000 sq ft of roof. Many urban dwellers live in apartments with a tiny apportioned amount of roof space. Others have used the roof for other purposes - such as south facing clerestorey windows or a roof garden. Others may have gables with roofs facing east or west. Many don't have a garage with a separate roof.
Others live in northern climates where the PV panels will be covered with snow for a significant part of the year.
Others have trees or other landscape situations that block the sun for part of the day. The trees may not be on your property, so you can't just cut them all down. Plus, they shade the house in the summer, which is a big advantage for air conditioning.
Others are in neighborhoods with covenants or zoning or just angry neighbors that prohibit "ugly" PV arrays.
Then there are legal complications. Where I live, my local utility wants to monopolize solar, so all the state and local credits must come through them. They won't approve PV for my house, because the roof is shaded by trees for part of the day. Without the credits, the cost is much higher. Without their approval, they won't permit PV power (I'd have to go "guerrilla" and do it without telling them).
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