Lamar Advertising Billboards go Solar in Southwest Florida
About a year ago I was excited to learn that Lamar advertising was upgrading its billboards in Florida with solar panels. I thought that there might be some work in it for local Florida solar contractors. Unfortunately, that never happened. It gets worse… I was again excited to see that Fafco Solar’s billboard on US 41 in Fort Myers had been upgraded with solar panels, so I stopped by to check it out. It’s not what I expected. I thought the billboards would have a grid-independent solar energy system with battery backup. It turns out that what is installed is simply a four-panel grid-interactive solarRead More →