Alan Stainer

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The World’s Largest Floating Solar Plant Is Finally Online

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The World’s Largest Floating Solar Plant Is Finally Online

When I first saw the headline I thought, “But what are the effects going to be under the water?”

Well reading the article you learn that “_The placement was chosen in large part because the area was previously the location of coal mining operations, and as a result, the water there is now mineralised and mostly useless._”

Handily the presence of the water acts as a cooling mechanism, making the solar cells more efficient. The cells in turn help to prevent the water from evaporating.

There is more to it than that which is explained in the article, but it is really encouraging to see China making such big strides in renewable energy.

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-largest-floating-solar-plant-is-finally-online

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-largest-floating-solar-plant-is-finally-online

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  10. Armando Riccetti says

    Sicuramente, meglio negli oceani, nei mari, che APPUNTO sui terreni che potrebbero produrre cibi !

    A vevi letto di un progetto Cinese x costruire una città nel deserto con un sistema a volta fotovoltaica

    Trovo quest’idea, più applicabile , rispetto a parchi filtovoltaici of shor

  11. Armando Riccetti says

    Sicuramente, meglio negli oceani, nei mari, che APPUNTO sui terreni che potrebbero produrre cibi !

    A vevi letto di un progetto Cinese x costruire una città nel deserto con un sistema a volta fotovoltaica

    Trovo quest’idea, più applicabile , rispetto a parchi filtovoltaici of shor

  12. Armando Riccetti says

    Sicuramente, meglio negli oceani, nei mari, che APPUNTO sui terreni che potrebbero produrre cibi !

    A vevi letto di un progetto Cinese x costruire una città nel deserto con un sistema a volta fotovoltaica

    Trovo quest’idea, più applicabile , rispetto a parchi filtovoltaici of shor

  22. Nunzio Altomonte says

    Fantastic this should be something that California should look at. Hover Dam a bonus save water and make electricity for Las Vegas , A win win !

  23. Nunzio Altomonte says

    Fantastic this should be something that California should look at. Hover Dam a bonus save water and make electricity for Las Vegas , A win win !

  24. Nunzio Altomonte says

    Fantastic this should be something that California should look at. Hover Dam a bonus save water and make electricity for Las Vegas , A win win !

  28. Alan Stainer says

    Games world if you mean the cooling effect that covering a roof (for instance) in solar cells has, that could be a side benefit for installing solar PV. However a green roof (grasses and the kind) would be better as an insulator from both hot and cold weather. The energy from solar cells could be used for multiple things, including air conditioning if required.

    Nina Tryggvason I think they already do that in some places, although I am not sure about reclaiming the land for growing. There is a farm in Australia (I think) that uses energy from solar to purify sea water in the desert. There they are able to grow a lot of tomatoes.

  29. Alan Stainer says

    Games world if you mean the cooling effect that covering a roof (for instance) in solar cells has, that could be a side benefit for installing solar PV. However a green roof (grasses and the kind) would be better as an insulator from both hot and cold weather. The energy from solar cells could be used for multiple things, including air conditioning if required.

    Nina Tryggvason I think they already do that in some places, although I am not sure about reclaiming the land for growing. There is a farm in Australia (I think) that uses energy from solar to purify sea water in the desert. There they are able to grow a lot of tomatoes.

  30. Alan Stainer says

    Games world if you mean the cooling effect that covering a roof (for instance) in solar cells has, that could be a side benefit for installing solar PV. However a green roof (grasses and the kind) would be better as an insulator from both hot and cold weather. The energy from solar cells could be used for multiple things, including air conditioning if required.

    Nina Tryggvason I think they already do that in some places, although I am not sure about reclaiming the land for growing. There is a farm in Australia (I think) that uses energy from solar to purify sea water in the desert. There they are able to grow a lot of tomatoes.

  40. Alan Stainer says

    e grr I think you just contradicted yourself there. If a green roof helps to moderate the temperature of a building, it is because it insulates it…

  41. Alan Stainer says

    e grr I think you just contradicted yourself there. If a green roof helps to moderate the temperature of a building, it is because it insulates it…

  42. Alan Stainer says

    e grr I think you just contradicted yourself there. If a green roof helps to moderate the temperature of a building, it is because it insulates it…

  46. B uppy says

    Alan Stainer​​

    You made the error

    The plants on a green roof can convert heat and light into new growth using chlorophyll which is “conversion of energy”. This conversion is moderating the external climate.

    The soil itself just provides a slow-to-change-in-temperature “mass”, like logs in a log house. That is an insulation-devoid method of keeping a house from temperature extremes.

    Insulation is a slow/low conductor of heat by being devoid of or having a low-density mass.

    Insulation is used in the ceilings and rafters under green roofs because of the green roofs non-insulating properties.

  47. B uppy says

    Alan Stainer​​

    You made the error

    The plants on a green roof can convert heat and light into new growth using chlorophyll which is “conversion of energy”. This conversion is moderating the external climate.

    The soil itself just provides a slow-to-change-in-temperature “mass”, like logs in a log house. That is an insulation-devoid method of keeping a house from temperature extremes.

    Insulation is a slow/low conductor of heat by being devoid of or having a low-density mass.

    Insulation is used in the ceilings and rafters under green roofs because of the green roofs non-insulating properties.

  48. B uppy says

    Alan Stainer​​

    You made the error

    The plants on a green roof can convert heat and light into new growth using chlorophyll which is “conversion of energy”. This conversion is moderating the external climate.

    The soil itself just provides a slow-to-change-in-temperature “mass”, like logs in a log house. That is an insulation-devoid method of keeping a house from temperature extremes.

    Insulation is a slow/low conductor of heat by being devoid of or having a low-density mass.

    Insulation is used in the ceilings and rafters under green roofs because of the green roofs non-insulating properties.

  64. B uppy says

    Nina Tryggvason​​

    Peat roofs do not insulate when wet and stay a green roof.

    Peat is a pretty good insulator when dry however peat as a green-roof soil needs to stay moist to support plant life. In my experience once peat dries out it resists re-absorbing moisture. Peat can easily blow away when dry, also.

    http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/qa-spotlight/does-r-value-trump-thermal-mass

    treeyopermacultureedu.wordpress.com – Thermal Mass vs Insulation: Materials Choice

  65. B uppy says

    Nina Tryggvason​​

    Peat roofs do not insulate when wet and stay a green roof.

    Peat is a pretty good insulator when dry however peat as a green-roof soil needs to stay moist to support plant life. In my experience once peat dries out it resists re-absorbing moisture. Peat can easily blow away when dry, also.

    http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/qa-spotlight/does-r-value-trump-thermal-mass

    treeyopermacultureedu.wordpress.com – Thermal Mass vs Insulation: Materials Choice

  66. B uppy says

    Nina Tryggvason​​

    Peat roofs do not insulate when wet and stay a green roof.

    Peat is a pretty good insulator when dry however peat as a green-roof soil needs to stay moist to support plant life. In my experience once peat dries out it resists re-absorbing moisture. Peat can easily blow away when dry, also.

    http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/qa-spotlight/does-r-value-trump-thermal-mass

    treeyopermacultureedu.wordpress.com – Thermal Mass vs Insulation: Materials Choice

  67. B uppy says

    Nina Tryggvason​​

    It is obvious you don’t care. You’re pumping wrong information that is potentially problematic for people who build.

    Quit being mean spirited and spreading ignorance.

  68. B uppy says

    Nina Tryggvason​​

    It is obvious you don’t care. You’re pumping wrong information that is potentially problematic for people who build.

    Quit being mean spirited and spreading ignorance.

  69. B uppy says

    Nina Tryggvason​​

    It is obvious you don’t care. You’re pumping wrong information that is potentially problematic for people who build.

    Quit being mean spirited and spreading ignorance.

  91. Craig Lewis says

    The maintenance cost will be so high. And the control system to maintenance panel slope, during waves. WOW it must be a crazy system. Not something that I would invest in. Should have been on land.

  92. Craig Lewis says

    The maintenance cost will be so high. And the control system to maintenance panel slope, during waves. WOW it must be a crazy system. Not something that I would invest in. Should have been on land.

  93. Craig Lewis says

    The maintenance cost will be so high. And the control system to maintenance panel slope, during waves. WOW it must be a crazy system. Not something that I would invest in. Should have been on land.

  97. Craig Lewis says

    Well If I knew that lake names I could do a search. So many variables, Size of the lake, weather conditions, bad weather seasons. It could be a few feet to a few meters. Then you have the growth on the underside of the platforms. The temp of the water may increase/decrease and this will affect the local marine environment. It’s an interesting project, yet is it the best way to be creating energy. It was mentioned, about the land that it would take up, yet if they build them on 10-15′ towers, they could have a farm/Greenhouse underneath the panels and could have power for lighting 24/7/365 That makes more sense to me.

  98. Craig Lewis says

    Well If I knew that lake names I could do a search. So many variables, Size of the lake, weather conditions, bad weather seasons. It could be a few feet to a few meters. Then you have the growth on the underside of the platforms. The temp of the water may increase/decrease and this will affect the local marine environment. It’s an interesting project, yet is it the best way to be creating energy. It was mentioned, about the land that it would take up, yet if they build them on 10-15′ towers, they could have a farm/Greenhouse underneath the panels and could have power for lighting 24/7/365 That makes more sense to me.

  99. Craig Lewis says

    Well If I knew that lake names I could do a search. So many variables, Size of the lake, weather conditions, bad weather seasons. It could be a few feet to a few meters. Then you have the growth on the underside of the platforms. The temp of the water may increase/decrease and this will affect the local marine environment. It’s an interesting project, yet is it the best way to be creating energy. It was mentioned, about the land that it would take up, yet if they build them on 10-15′ towers, they could have a farm/Greenhouse underneath the panels and could have power for lighting 24/7/365 That makes more sense to me.

  103. B uppy says

    Craig Lewis

    Remember because the water will keep the panels cooler that the panels will be longer lived.

  104. B uppy says

    Craig Lewis

    Remember because the water will keep the panels cooler that the panels will be longer lived.

  105. B uppy says

    Craig Lewis

    Remember because the water will keep the panels cooler that the panels will be longer lived.

  106. Craig Lewis says

    All ideas are great. It’s part of our creativity. Yet we also need to be practical, and only time will tell the true results of this project. With all the issues that China faces with Pollution, growing population, and not enough resources, for feed their hunger. I’m sure that they will be the world leaders in this field. This is only a bit of what they are doing. They also have delivery drones to carry up to 1 ton. Just amazing. They are richer than the USA and moving forward with environmental policies. Unlike Trump and the Coal/oil industry in North America. They want to open up coal for business again and build 4 pipelines across the country. When the rest of the world is going electric??

    Those are the people that are not thinking. China 1 USA 0. Canada -1. China numbers will grow and USA/CANADA will FALL. It’s coming real soon.

  107. Craig Lewis says

    All ideas are great. It’s part of our creativity. Yet we also need to be practical, and only time will tell the true results of this project. With all the issues that China faces with Pollution, growing population, and not enough resources, for feed their hunger. I’m sure that they will be the world leaders in this field. This is only a bit of what they are doing. They also have delivery drones to carry up to 1 ton. Just amazing. They are richer than the USA and moving forward with environmental policies. Unlike Trump and the Coal/oil industry in North America. They want to open up coal for business again and build 4 pipelines across the country. When the rest of the world is going electric??

    Those are the people that are not thinking. China 1 USA 0. Canada -1. China numbers will grow and USA/CANADA will FALL. It’s coming real soon.

  108. Craig Lewis says

    All ideas are great. It’s part of our creativity. Yet we also need to be practical, and only time will tell the true results of this project. With all the issues that China faces with Pollution, growing population, and not enough resources, for feed their hunger. I’m sure that they will be the world leaders in this field. This is only a bit of what they are doing. They also have delivery drones to carry up to 1 ton. Just amazing. They are richer than the USA and moving forward with environmental policies. Unlike Trump and the Coal/oil industry in North America. They want to open up coal for business again and build 4 pipelines across the country. When the rest of the world is going electric??

    Those are the people that are not thinking. China 1 USA 0. Canada -1. China numbers will grow and USA/CANADA will FALL. It’s coming real soon.

  142. B uppy says

    I was referring to gross capita earnings “facts” that were cherry-picked by Craig Lewis. I gave GDP info up above in a comment, again, to Craig. It is a full disclosure of the actual earnings.

  143. B uppy says

    I was referring to gross capita earnings “facts” that were cherry-picked by Craig Lewis. I gave GDP info up above in a comment, again, to Craig. It is a full disclosure of the actual earnings.

  144. B uppy says

    I was referring to gross capita earnings “facts” that were cherry-picked by Craig Lewis. I gave GDP info up above in a comment, again, to Craig. It is a full disclosure of the actual earnings.

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