sparkly wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:sparkly wrote:KaunganaDoDo wrote:Ericsson wrote:FUNKY wrote:https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/markets/marketnews/KenGen-eyes-floating-solar-plants-in-three-hydropower/3815534-5596324-view-asAMP-icq3uhz/index.html?__twitter_impression=true
With kenya power not signing to take up additional power due to excess power in the country,not feasible to build the plants.
its been around for discussion but its a dead end
I fail to see the benefits of floating panels vis a vis free standing panels since availability of land and sunshine hours is not an issue in most of Kenya.
I like the idea if it is feasible.
1) Reduces evaporation of water from the dam. There's a YouTube video of canals covered with solar panels in India that also does so.
2) Use the same infrastructure to evacuate power vs building a new Transmission line from a remote place.
3) Solar power during the day. Hydro at night. This is important when there is a drought.
Noted but
1. To reduce evaporation, shade balls might be cheaper;
2. Infrastructure - the remote places are underserved by power infrascture plus all the main power evacuation lines pass through the remote places to reach urban centres.
3. Other methods arr more effective mitigate drought like reforestation and reclaiming water towers from encroachment.
4. Plan will interfere with local economic activities like fishing
1) The floating solar panels are not solely to reduce evaporation but offer a 2-in-1 benefit.
2) Is there a point to your statement?
*I said since the infrastructure is already in place, the electricity from the solar plants can hitch onto the existing T-lines.
3) Solar panels do not mitigate droughts. I said they act as an alternate to hydropower during droughts. The reforestation should happen regardless of floating panels.
4) The benefits of floating solar arrays > other activities. Also it is unlikely the panels will cover more than 50% of the dams' surface area.
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