Tag: solar farms

A growing number of floating solar farms are being built around the world. They are particularly popular in Asia, according to the US space agency NASA, which photographed one of the world's largest floating solar farms from space. The 320-megawatt Dezhou Dingzhuang Floating Solar Farm in China's Shandong province was built. It is as a part of a drive to decarbonize the city of Dezhou. The city of about 5 million people is known as the Solar Valley and is said to get about 98% of its energy from solar energy. "Space on land can be crowded and expensive – and using it to build solar farms can create tension with farmers, conservationists, and other groups," said NASA. Floating solar is considered a key technology in decarbonizing the economy by 2050, says NASA. A study in the journ...