Is it me or is this a way-cool and efficient use of a parking lot?

Kyocera recently installed its first public “Solar Grove” consisting of 25 “solar trees” that converts a 186-vehicle parking lot into a 235 kW solar electric generating system. The system’s 25 solar trees form a carport in a Kyocera employee parking lot, utilizing a total of 1,400 Kyocera KC-187G solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and 200 custom-manufactured, light-filtering PV modules.

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Solar Grove

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