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Takeaways:
- Arguments to build solar canopies on developed land such as over parking lots not only has to do with providing power but the canopy would shade the cars and keep customers shopping longer as their cars charge.
- Rutgers University in New Jersey built one of the largest solar parking facilities in the country which will help the state reach its zero-carbon emissions goals by 2040 and reduce the urban heat island effect.