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Singapore is an interesting choice to single out. Singapore is very aggressively installing GW-scale "floatovoltaics", solar floating on their abundant water r
by ncmncm 4y ago
Singapore is an interesting choice to single out.
Singapore is very aggressively installing GW-scale "floatovoltaics", solar floating on their abundant water resources. This is very smart, as the panels stay cool so more efficient, and last much longer. Nobody knows exactly how much longer, because there hasn't been time to find out yet.
- elihu 4y agoInteresting. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/singapore-unveils-one-worlds-biggest-floating-solar-panel-farms-2021-07-14/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/singapore-unveils-on... Article describes a 111.2 acre installation. That's not huge, but it's not trivially small either.
- ncmncm 4y agoArticle is from 2021. It ends with "Currently, there are four other floating solar panel projects underway in Singapore." Of course more projects may have been initiated since then.