[nebalee]

Places with large parking lots usually also consume a lot of power and need a properly dimensioned connection to the grid anyways. And they will likely cover their own demand with these solar installations before they send any surplus to the grid.

[JoeAltmaier]

Exactly. Those buildings next to the parking lot are another big problem - shade. In many cases the panels will be in shade part of every day. But Hey! the government says you got to put them up anyway.

This is a load of govt interference, down to virtue signalling and little else.