Solar carports or solar carports where there is no longer a standard - the optimal solution for every challenge with solar roofing for open parking spaces

Open parking lots are increasingly being discovered as decentralized power generators. This interest is sparked not only by the mandatory solar panel installations in some German states, but also by a growing awareness of ecology and renewable energies.

Many companies are already working on autonomous or independent power supplies. Furthermore, they are also using industrial or commercial energy storage systems to prevent potential temporary power outages, even during peak load shaving.

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• Renewable energies: Now it's all about energy storage systems

Ensuring a smooth production process is of paramount importance. Those who have taken all necessary precautions in advance with their own flexible, autonomous grid are protected from consequential damages such as revenue and supply chain disruptions, the resulting contractual claims for damages, and much more.

Renewable energies are not just a topic for idealists, but are part of a serious and strategic corporate policy to be prepared for the future and to have an advantage over the competition.

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• Solar compulsory & solar carport compulsory in Germany for new buildings and new open parking spaces of a certain size

There are many standard solutions. In theory, many things can be easily explained with them, but very few can be optimally implemented under real-world conditions.

The same applies to parking spaces. Standard solutions still work quite well in relatively simple and smaller parking spaces where you can park sideways, usually at an angle of around 90°.

The larger the parking facilities, which are located in a separate and small street network (e.g. the parking lots at discount supermarkets), the more difficult this becomes.

Especially when, due to the narrow street space, parking is not possible at a 90° angle, but at an angle of up to 45°.

Many solar carport providers already fail at this stage with their standard solutions.

Other aspects to consider include:

• Is there enough space on the left and right for getting in and out? The narrower the parking space, the more intelligently the solar roof needs to be designed.
• How complex is the foundation work for the solar carport's roof? Does it require digging a deep hole that could interfere with underground pipes and similar structures?
• The larger a solar carport parking facility is built, the more everyone needs to realize that it could create a "dark spot." Weather protection and weather resistance while simultaneously generating electricity is one thing. However, sufficient sunlight for the parking area remains important. This might not be a problem with smaller solar carports, but it can be with larger ones.

Solar carports should not only be efficient but also customer-friendly. Who wants to install a blackout solar carport system in front of their "shopping paradise," which previously benefited from direct sunlight and is now receiving numerous inquiries from film producers for mafia movies and apocalyptic scenarios?

There are solutions here too: Transparent solar modules

Everything from a single source, specially designed for solar solutions for large parking areas. You refinance or counterfinance into the future with your own electricity generation.

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• The parking space requirement, the solar requirement, types of parking spaces and the solar carport strategy for open parking spaces
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