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NREL: ‘Great Potential’ for Floating PV Systems

Technology already in widespread use overseas, especially in Japan.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers estimate that installing floating solar photovoltaics on the more than 24,000 man-made U.S. reservoirs could generate about 10% of the nation’s annual electricity production. Their findings, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, reveal for the first time the potential for floating PV to produce electricity in the U.S. While the U.S. was the first to demonstrate floating PV panels – with the first installation oc...

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