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TK-741 t1_jc8w125 wrote

Reply to comment by Lupicia in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher

Could be super effective if they’re designed with multiple benefits in mind. I feel like I’ve read about mussels farmed from dangling ropes on fixed and floating infrastructure somewhere…

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OpenLinez t1_jc99vlw wrote

Many of these already in use on smaller reservoirs. They prevent a lot of evaporation, very helpful in the sunbelt states where everybody lives.

A pilot program over a major California aqueduct is in progress right now.

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tommybot t1_jca9hfl wrote

Going to Google but do you have any links on the subject?

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