Floating solar farms have moved from novelty to serious infrastructure, turning reservoirs, lakes and sheltered coastal ...

Major installations now exist worldwide, from large hydropower reservoirs in China and India to water treatment ponds in the ...

Agricultural research consultancy AgEcon Australia will lead a five-year project that will test the feasibility of installing floating solar panels on irrigation dams to manage evaporative losses and ...

Germany has quietly flipped the switch on a new kind of solar plant, one that stands upright on water instead of lying flat ...

Energy companies are moving solar projects to unconventional sites like deserts, farms, and waterways to avoid using arable land. China’s “solar great wall” in the Kubuqi Desert and canal-based ...

Solar farms are a popular source of clean energy in places that maximize sunlight exposure, like deserts or large fields away from urban areas. But they can also be constructed on water, for example, ...

A satellite photo of an almost-finished solar farm near Walt Disney World in Orlando reveals a familiar face. Image Courtesy of NearMap.com In just a few weeks, the world’s largest floating solar ...

Solar farms are great for saving you money but often get pushback because they aren't very attractive. New research is working on technology that would allow solar panels to be put out of sight.