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China powers up the world's largest open-sea offshore solar farm (electrek.co)
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[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The cool water can improve solar panel efficiency. Hotter panels produce less energy.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Makes sense. But does it really negate the elevated construction costs? I must assume such a station is significantly more expensive to build

[–] golli@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not only construction, but also maintenance costs. I imagine they are harder to access, if needed, and salt water is hostile to any structure