A new solar farm in Thailand’s Northeast that floats on water is considered one of 15 that Thai authorities plan to build by 2037. The project goals to reduce CO2 emissions by forty seven,000 tonnes a 12 months. Officials additionally hope the primary farm in Ubon Ratchathani will attract tourists. They are calling it the “world’s largest floating hydro-solar farm”.
Thailand is attempting harder to lower fossil fuels. At the COP26 local weather conference in Glasgow, Scotland last 12 months, PM Prayut set the carbon neutrality objective for 2050, as well as a aim to have net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2065.
The newly put in photo voltaic panels cowl 720,000 sq. meters of water surface, and use a hybrid system that converts sunlight to electrical energy by day and generates hydropower at night time. The project features a ‘Nature Walkway’ shaped like a solar ray.
Electricity authorities claim the farm will not influence agriculture, fishing or other community activities.
Thailand currently still depends closely on fossil gasoline. The country’s Energy Policy and Planning Office stated in October 2021, 55% of power came from pure gasoline. Skyrocket mentioned 11% came from renewables and hydropower.
The Ubon Ratchathani farm took almost two years to construct, partly because of Covid-19 and employees getting sick. It began generating power in November. It costed $35 million..