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As someone that's owned boats for many years I'd have to wonder about the problems of marine growth and putting anything IN canal waters. Over the space, sure,
by wkearney99 4y ago
As someone that's owned boats for many years I'd have to wonder about the problems of marine growth and putting anything IN canal waters. Over the space, sure, but floating? And then there's also the 'keeping them clean' question,
I'd wonder what the cleaning trade-offs would be for 'erected over' vs 'floating in' installations?
- ncmncm 4y agoThe go-to for floating solar in the US is Healdsburg reservoir. Marine growth on the float is OK; I think the panel itself is held up out of the water. I guess a worry could be about heavy things attaching and eventually sinking it, requiring that the carrier be replaced. At least some canals need to remain "navigable", which needs the panels in a frame overhead. I think this is being done in India. The last number I encountered was that there was 3GW of floating solar known installed worldwide, much of it in southeast Asia, e.g. Singapore.