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"The sun’s power is virtually infinite — opportunities to collect and make use
of it are not. As demand for renewable energy increases, so does the need for
places to generate it.
This need has set off a global scramble for real estate on which to build the
green energy infrastructure the world desperately needs to avert a climate
catastrophe. This is especially true for large solar arrays, which take up vast
amounts of acreage. But over the last few years, a technological evolution has
resulted in solar farms that take up no land at all.
The most recent major example went into operation in July: an undulating array
of 12,000 solar panels 100 miles southwest of Lisbon bobbing atop the reservoir
of Portugal’s Alqueva dam.
With a span of four soccer fields and a peak capacity of five megawatts, the
Alqueva Floating Solar Power Plant, built by Portugal’s main public utility
EDP, is the largest floating solar farm in Europe, generating enough
electricity to meet the needs of more than 30 percent of the region’s
population. It’s part of a rising tide of floating solar — or “floatovoltaic” —
power plants that are proving the renewable revolution need not stop at land’s
end."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
