It Seems Crazy, but Science Supports It: Germany Covers an Artificial Lake with Solar Panels without Damaging the Ecosystem

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Germany has surprised the world with an innovative approach to generating renewable energy: covering artificial lakes with floating solar panels. At first glance it may seem like a risky idea, but in reality it responds to a structural problem of the European energy transition such as the lack of soil available to install large photovoltaic parks without sacrificing agricultural land or forest spaces.The German solution converts old flooded quar…