• @acosmichippo
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    2 months ago

    what a great idea. roll that shit out at every water processing plant and reservoir.

    • @Crashumbc
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      82 months ago

      Light is a driving factor at a sewage plant.

    • @mojofrododojo
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      82 months ago

      right? and then your water/sewage system will be more resilient to power issues, double bonus.

  • NaibofTabr
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    122 months ago

    Floating solar farms make use of water surfaces that would otherwise go unused. Plus, by shading the water below, floating solar arrays help reduce evaporation – an added bonus in arid regions like this one.

    The dual benefit makes this seem like a no-brainer, but I suspect there are some careful considerations needed before floating a high-voltage system on a lake… I wonder how much risk there is from wind.

    • @[email protected]
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      62 months ago

      wind causing waves.

      Probably related to the size of lake? This probably couldn’t be used on like lake Michigan or Erie. But its a clever way to distribute power generation. I wonder if shaded lakes also cut down on algal blooms.

  • @BigTrout75
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    62 months ago

    Sounds good. I’m curious on what challenges they’ll face.

    • @jimmy90
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      62 months ago

      yeah i’m curious if it makes the system more vulnerable to weather. i’m sure it’s been considered

    • threelonmusketeersOP
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      42 months ago

      Yeah, seems like maintenance would be more challenging, but hopefully solar doesn’t need much?