#floating-solar tag

Floating solar panels heading to the UK

(Image credit: Getty Images) Floating solar panels are a growing trend around the world, and the UK seems to be cottoning on to their potential. The government has just approved the largest floating solar panel project in Barrow in an attempt to generate cheap energy. The project promises to solve one of the biggest problems with large-scale solar projects, the amount of land that they take up, meaning solar panels could become even more viable across the UK.

Environment

fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine

1 month ago

floating vertical solar panels capture sun's energy from ponds, lakes, fish farms and lagoons

Floating vertical bifacial SKipp solar panels installed on a Bavarian gravel pond can supply about 70% of electricity and cut roughly 934 tons of CO2 per year.

fromCornell Chronicle

5 months ago

New approach models potential and trade-offs of floating solar | Cornell Chronicle

With this study, we wanted to think more holistically about the social and environmental attributes of waterbodies, instead of just thinking about which ones provided the lowest-cost solar and the greatest energy generation potential.

Alternative transportation

#water-conservation

fromArs Technica

6 months ago

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