As someone in Texas I'd really love is more parking lots had even partial covered parking with solar above. Please. It gets dang hot out here, I'd love the shade.
This was a long time ago so I don’t actually even remember what my ultimate business strategy was, only that I talked to over 100 different companies/property owners and got overwhelming unreceptive feedback (that they didn’t care about shading their parking lots) so that was the extent of my interest in chasing the opportunity. I don’t think $10k would secure much land at all. Even back then, maybe 1 acre 200 miles away from a city. That wasn’t economically feasible back then. I think it’s only recently becoming so and some “solar farms” are popping up. I’ve moved on and don’t follow it much anymore.