ALL FRENCH CAR PARKS TO HAVE SOLAR PANELS.

New legislation passed in France this week, by President Emmanuel Macron, insisted that all large car parks must be used for the installation of solar panels. This move comes as part of the French government’s drive for the use of renewable energy. This new law passed by the French Senate applies to car parks – either existing or when planned to be built – with a capacity for 80 vehicles. The new measures allow the owners of parking areas with space for between 80 and 400 vehicles five years in which to comply. In the case of an area exceeding 400 cars, the owner has only three years. These larger spaces must accommodate solar panels on at least 50 per cent of their area. Around 11 gigawatts of energy could be generated by these measures claimed the French Government. The politicians had initially looked at implementing these measures on car parking areas exceeding 2,500m² but then changed it to apply to the number of spaces instead. In an effort to further increase renewable energy resources, the French Government is said to be contemplating proposals that would see farmland and empty spaces alongside railways and motorways utilised to house solar panel farms.

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