PV-Roofs on Parking

The city of Sejong in South Korea, which, at the time of writing this article, is not even 20 years old, is a true treasure box filled with places that can be considered urban sweet spots.

Planning a city from scratch obviously gives entirely different possibilities than when developing historically grown environments and it is inspiring to see what’s possible! One great example are photovoltaic-covered parking lots. Similar to the concept of agri-photovoltaic, where PV-modules are installed between crops to achieve a dual use of the available area, PV-modules can be mounted on shading structures on parking spaces.

This has many benefits: It allows for green energy generation, multiple use of the same area, drivers can walk in the shade to get to their car, there is certain rain and snow protection for drivers and cars and even a possibility of generating revenue.

The here introduced example has an installed capacity of 999 kWp, producing around 1.25 MWh of electricity annually, which is enough to supply around 400 households in Sejong.