Thailand plans 14 new floating solar farms to boost renewable energy

[josephbloggs]

25 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Sorry to piss in your fish sauce, pal.

There's an ignore button.

I invite you to use it.

Where would be the fun in that?

[ModdaPunk]

Paid for by inflation in the West

[nauseus]

15 hours ago, WDSmart said:

There is no such thing as "renewable" or "green" energy. Those are just marketing terms. All technology, especially "energy-creating" technology, pollutes and costs more energy than it ever makes available for human use. No technology "creates" energy; it just harvests existing energy from one source, usually converts it, and then makes it available for human use in another source. Good examples of these are both solar and wind-powered energy technologies. 

 

Well make your mind up for flocks sake!

 

A good idea, at least to test out. Might get more fish lurking underneath too - they like the shade.  

[Kinnock]

17 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I don't think there is a Thai word for "maintenance".

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[Bobthegimp]

23 hours ago, pattayasan said:

Cheapest energy production method in the world

 

Another AN poster just making s hit up.  Oil is still king. Do carry on though. 

[redwood1]

For anyone who does not know floating solar is only a few years old....

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_solar

 

The whole idea is just a bad one......

 

Their main selling point is it saves land.....lol.......Like land is in short supply.....lol

 

Just as sure as the sun come up....Water or drought or storms will destroy these white elephant water solar farms one by one by one........This is for sure.... 

 

You sure dont see most of the world rushing out to build these silly things.....And for good reason...

These solar panels will be sitting right next to the wind turbines in the junkyard.. 

Edited 21 hours ago by redwood1

[patman30]

what a horrible idea, but at least they are not taking farm land
although then there would be less sugar cane waste burning so that could be a plus

All these dumb solar farm plans that usually flop after a while
why not just make EVERY building install solar first?
if they actually wanted to make positive change that does not damage more of the environment

The "Green" mentality of
we must damage the environment to save the environment
is quite bizarre

 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by patman30

[josephbloggs]

2 hours ago, redwood1 said:

For anyone who does not know floating solar is only a few years old....

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_solar

 

The whole idea is just a bad one......

 

Their main selling point is it saves land.....lol.......Like land is in short supply.....lol

 

Just as sure as the sun come up....Water or drought or storms will destroy these white elephant water solar farms one by one by one........This is for sure.... 

 

You sure dont see most of the world rushing out to build these silly things.....And for good reason...

These solar panels will be sitting right next to the wind turbines in the junkyard.. 

No, definitely the rest of the world is not interested. Apart from China which has several MASSIVE floating solar farms. But apart form that it is only Thailand. Oh, and Portugal. And Singapore. And South Korea. And America. And India. And Germany, Japan and Vietnam. But definitely no one else.

[NoDisplayName]

Unburdened by hubs........

 

 

‘World’s largest’ offshore solar project now operational off coast of China

... expected to generate 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours of power annually – enough to meet the needs of approximately 2.67 million urban residents...

https://eandt.theiet.org/2024/11/15/worlds-largest-offshore-solar-project-now-operational-coast-china

 

What do they do during monsoon season?

[Puccini]

On 11/13/2024 at 10:28 AM, snoop1130 said:

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is pushing forward with the development of 14 new floating solar farm projects as part of its strategic efforts to increase renewable energy production. These projects, with a combined capacity of 2,656 megawatts, are set to be constructed on the reservoirs of seven hydroelectric dams...

 

That's the way to go. In the same location, hydroelectric and solar energy generation.

 

Forget nuclear power plants.

[redwood1]

2 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

Unburdened by hubs........

 

 

‘World’s largest’ offshore solar project now operational off coast of China

... expected to generate 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours of power annually – enough to meet the needs of approximately 2.67 million urban residents...

https://eandt.theiet.org/2024/11/15/worlds-largest-offshore-solar-project-now-operational-coast-china

 

What do they do during monsoon season?

 

Watch all their work get destroyed.....lol

[thaibeachlovers]

On 11/14/2024 at 1:39 PM, thaibeachlovers said:

No part of Thailand I spent time in had a reliable wind strong enough to generate a good f**t.

I suspect the real reason for wind farms in LOS is to generate lotsacash for the usual suspects.

OOPS. Senior moment there, unfortunately. Obviously solar doesn't need wind. I was confusing solar with wind.

Sorry about that.

[thaibeachlovers]

4 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

enough to meet the needs of approximately 2.67 million urban residents...

What are the other 1,416,109,356 Chinese going to use? Presumably coal and nuclear.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 11/15/2024 at 7:13 AM, Kinnock said:

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It was sarcasm.