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Long popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in US

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Floating solar panels are attractive not just for their clean power and lack of a land footprint, but because they also conserve water by preventing evaporation. The concept of floating solar is simple: attach panels onto rafts so they float on water instead of blocking off land that could be used for agriculture or buildings. Researchers are looking into whether the electromagnetic fields generated by the panels could negatively influence aquatic ecosystems.

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Coast Reporter

Long popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in US

When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term “floating solar,” he didn’t even know it was a thing.

1 year ago·Sechelt, Canada

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Washington Top News

Long popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in US

When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term “floating solar,” he didn’t even know it was a thing. What he did know is that his tiny town needed an affordable way to get electricity and had no extra land. But looking at a map, one feature stood out. “We have this 14-acre water reservoir,” he said. Seaman-Graves soon found the reservoir could hold enough solar panels to power all the…

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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PBS NewsHour

Long popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in the U.S.

Floating solar is already going strong in Asia, from India to China. Now developers are taking inspiration from that and the technology is starting to spread more quickly in the United States.

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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North Shore News

Long popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in US

When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term “floating solar,” he didn’t even know it was a thing.

1 year ago·Vancouver, Canada

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Delta Optimist

Long popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in US

When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term “floating solar,” he didn’t even know it was a thing.

1 year ago

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Richmond News

Long popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in US

When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term “floating solar,” he didn’t even know it was a thing.

1 year ago·Richmond, Canada

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