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'Limitless' energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots (theconversation.com)

submitted 1 year ago by sam_uk@lemmy.world to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.

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[–] mindrover@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago

Well, with they way ocean temps are skyrocketing, maybe it doesn't hurt to siphon off a bit of that energy.

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