Solar Panels Floating on Reservoirs Could Provide a Third of Global Energy

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Solar Panels Floating on Reservoirs Could Provide a Third of Global Energy

Solar power is going to play a major role in combating climate change, but it requires huge amounts of land. Floating solar panels on top of reservoirs could provide up to a third of the world’s energy without taking up extra space, and also save trillions of gallons of water from evaporating. So called “floating photovoltaic” systems have a lot going for them. The surface of reservoirs can’t be used for much else, so it’s comparatively cheap re…