Netherlands Building Solar On The Sea

Netherlands Planning a Massive Solar Energy Farm at Sea; Armed with a nine-member consortium, the government of the Netherlands hopes to successfully develop one of the world’s largest floating solar energy farm.

Mario L. Major, February 18, 2018 (Interesting Engineering)

“…[Project Solar-at-Sea, a first of its kind in the world floating solar energy farm, is being developed in the Netherlands by Oceans of Energy…[Solar farms are already being deployed at inshore water bodies] but a project at sea has never been done before…[It is much more challenging because of the] destructive wind and wave forces…The project will receive $1.48 million in government funding…A pilot project for assessing the feasibility of the plan (including equipment, weather conditions, and environmental impact) will include roughly 30m2 of solar panels…The end goal is to have 2,500 square meters of solar panels in place by 2021…[During some periods the panels will be underwater and will wobble and the] impact of those dynamic shifts in tilt angle hasn’t yet been studied…” click here for more

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