Floating Solar Could Be a Lifeline for Land-Scarce Nations Facing Energy Crises

Floating solar farms could be significantly more efficient than solar farms on land thanks to the natural cooling effects of seawater, according to new findings from a comparative study conducted by researchers from the National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) in Taiwan. The floating solar panels used in the study produced 12 percent more energy than the on-land models, with potentially huge implications for global energy security and decarbonization pathways. The study, published this month in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy,…