California has long been on the rationalize edge of solar baron , and now it has what be its most interesting program yet : a huge solar arrayfloating on top of sewer water ponds . The project will be built in Sonoma County , which you may know better as wine body politic .
Greentech reports thatSonoma Clean Powerwill build solar panels on docks across six of the local water utility ’s wastewater ponds . The 12.5 - megawatt installation will provide enough electricity for 3,000 home when it is expected to come online next year . It will be the expectant floating solar farm in the U.S.
of late , float solar farms have become a trendy estimation around the world . Japan isbuilding an even bigger one . India has anew one , too . float the solar panels over water has a dual vantage : The water provides rude cooling for the control panel , and the board prevent water evaporation .
If the floating solar farm exercise well in Sonoma County , there ’s pretty of chance for expansion . As Greentech note , there are some 1,400 irrigation storage pool in Sonoma County , many of them on vineyards . The same sunshine that makes your grapes could before long be power homes . [ Greentech ]
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