New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.

‘Limitless’ energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots::New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.

  • @RaoulDookEnglish
    0•1 year ago

    Yep solar is great but from what I learned while designing my own system, the big challenge there would be transferring the current or storing it without losing a lot. Solar panels typically generate small-ish DC voltages, which do not fare well when being transferred over long cables. They lose a lot of power over distance.

    High voltage AC is the way to transfer the juice. Also probably challenging in the ocean, but IDK.