Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite...
by ncmncm on Sunday March 13, 2022 @07:32PM
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That analysis ignores the prospect of siting a solar array floating on the reservoir, with benefits of reduced evaporation and cooler, more efficient conversion, an opportunity unlikely to be long neglected.
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Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite...
by pfdietz on Sunday March 13, 2022 @10:14PM
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I'm not sure how practical floating solar would be on pumped hydro reservoirs. The water will go up and down a lot.
Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite...
by ncmncm on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:21PM
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It will mostly only go down, anyway, when the sun is not out.
If the panels don't mind settling on the banks, or if they are far enough offshore not to, that will not be a problem. It is already common to float panels on regular hydroelectric generation reservoirs, so the event is anyway familiar to operators.
If the floats are bottom-heavy and attached to cables spanning the reservoir, the water dropping out from under just leaves them suspended. You need cable attachments, anyway, to extract power and maintain spacing.