And it's going to get a lot bigger.
of the Demonstrator's recent upriver test. This means solar power platforms need to withstand much heavier forces, which is why the next Demonstrator variant will be 13 times larger, according to Hoogendoorn. But, obviously, solar panels won't float on their own. Likewise, any contact with seawater can seriously damage electronics and other materials of the array. But there's another, even more fundamental challenge in high-wind scenarios.
"The upward and downward direction of lift is significant — you don't want the floating solar panel assemblies to fly away," said Hoogendoorn."You want them to be stiff enough" to remain sturdy, but also resistant to fouling and algae growth. The shape of the platform, too, is crucial for an offshore floating platform. Squares, for example, are not ideal.
"This will give you a 10-MW peak, which is equal to a new offshore fixed wind turbine," added Hoogendoorn. And it won't stop there."Then you can build a farm with a 500-MW peak power output with 50 of those 10 by 10 assemblies — equivalent to an offshore wind farm.
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