This week, Imogen put this to the test and visited the Alqueva Reservoir in Portugal to see EDP's remarkable 5MW floating solar farm. Working in combination with its Hydroelectric Dam neighbour, this project shows the enormous potential and scalability of floating photovoltaics.
For some context, a number of countries have floating solar panels arrays across reservoirs, eg:
Floating Solar UK is a subsidiary of Ciel et Terre International.
Sheeplands farm is the first site in the UK to Install Hydrelio floating Solar PV in 2014.
If a long un capsizeable boat with hot swappable battery modules had epoxied panels and electric power then it could autonomously go out to a location, fill up, and come back to base.
We could fill 10% of the ocean with solar vehicles like this while using them for a futristic train hop.
I think such a vehicle though should be capturing hydrogen though because the Speed at which they store isnt an issue at such a scale: off loading hydrogen stored in magnesium hydride pellet tanks would be most ideal.
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We could fill 10% of the ocean with solar vehicles like this while using them for a futristic train hop.
I think such a vehicle though should be capturing hydrogen though because the Speed at which they store isnt an issue at such a scale: off loading hydrogen stored in magnesium hydride pellet tanks would be most ideal.
This way, nuclear will have to put up or shut up