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richg0404 t1_izf9v4h wrote

Reply to comment by icebeat in Residents ‘Horrified’ Over Proposed Solar Farm Near Waltham/Lexington Line by ak47workaccnt

I posted this earlier in this thread but will repost it here.

Just because they put solar panels up on parking lots doesn't mean there would be no winter maintenance on the lots. The snow doesn't disappear. It will slide off of the panels and need to be cleaned up or it will melt and re-freeze as ice on the asphalt. There would need to me more salting or sanding because they owners do not want someone slipping on an icy lot and getting injured.

And imagine the nightmare is the snow slides off the panels and lands on someone.

I'm just saying it isn't as simple as it seems.

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wgc123 t1_izg4x9t wrote

REI in Natick has had this for years. What happens when it snows? My car stays clear and dry, and I can safely walk up to it without fear of slipping.

It is true that they do a poor job of clearing that parking lot, but the actual parking spots are good

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mini4x t1_izg6q7z wrote

I never understood why they build them to dump the snow into the car lanes.

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icebeat t1_izgah6o wrote

One of the Lexington schools ($$$$) have solar panel on their parking lot and no one have a problem with the snow. Acton’s Discovery museum have solar on their parking lot and I don’t see problems. Who knows

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