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

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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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[-] pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

For countries in the equator it'd probably make more sense to have land-based solar panels, since they're cheap. African countries probably have the land to spare.

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Africa is huge and West Africa is pretty densly populated.

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