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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

4 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.

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fromArs Technica

4 months ago

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