Floating Solar or Floating photovoltaics (FPV)

We have been accustomed to seeing roofs covered in solar panels( using the rays of the sun) to heat people’s homes. We have seen them built on large areas of land ( car park size).

These are small scale compared with Floating Solar- solar panels on a body of water as large as a reservoir or lake.

Across the world, especially in China, these have been developed.

See the long lists of advantages:-
1.no land occupancy
2. water conservation and quality
3. increased panel efficiency
4. tracking
5. environmental control
6. using areas already exploited by human activity
7. using power plants

Disadvantages
anchorage
maintenance
new technology required
significant increased corrosion resistance
waves (open sea)
(Read detail about each)

This is one of the major ways forward to counter Climate Change

Sources
Wikipedia
39 Ways to Save the Planet by Tom Heap