Solar freaking....islands? - Page 1
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author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 09:01:12 am
content: Japan is planning to build huge floating solar power plants ...http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20140109-26104.htmlQuote

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 09:01:55 am
content: Is it just me, or is that image totally Photoshopped?

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 11:00:45 am
content: Quote from: george graves on September 03, 2014, 09:01:55 amThey haven't built the first one yet. Were you expecting a genuine picture that has travelled back in time from beyond its completion?

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 02:23:53 pm
content: Quote from: coppice on September 03, 2014, 11:00:45 amMeh, the caption says "One of Kyocera’s existing solar power plants, which has 70 MW of power capacity and sticks out into Kagoshima Bay in southern Japan."Edit: Just to make another point:https://www.google.com/maps/@31.466921,130.5276208,1840m/data=!3m1!1e3

author: Rufus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 03:27:15 pm
content: Quote from: PA0PBZ on September 03, 2014, 02:23:53 pmBeing located a few miles from an active volcano "dropping large amounts of volcanic ash on the surroundings" doesn't seem like a very good idea.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakurajima

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 03:30:45 pm
content: What is the worst that could happen? It's better than a nuclear power plant near an active volcano.You might want to periodically clean the panels, of course, but that's general maintenance for any solar system.

author: RobertoLG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 03:53:51 pm
content: Looks interesting, good alternative to nuclear power, the corrosion would be a problem, electronics don't react whery well to salt water, saw a notebook that wasn't evem worth fixing, and that was only because of salty air...heh

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 04:41:05 pm
content: Quote from: PA0PBZ on September 03, 2014, 02:23:53 pmGood point. I found that picture elsewhere. Its an artists impression from 2012 when the project started. Its supposed to be complete now. However, if Kyocera have build a 70MW plant sticking out into a bay, whats the big deal about making 1.7MW and 1.3MW floating plants, which they describe as massive? Is buoyancy that exciting?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 05:08:43 pm
content: Well, you could do double duty as a floating oyster farm, and as a fish farm as well. With a little extra space you can use the solar panels as well as a desalination unit to both keep them cool and make fresh water that you can use to wash them at night to keep the salt down.As this area is rather known for Typhoons it would be some serious design problem to make them able to survive the high winds and heavy sea of the windy season.

author: gildasd
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2014, 05:06:15 am
content: Quote from: RobertoLG on September 03, 2014, 03:53:51 pmUse the same tech as on cargoes. Not cheap stuff for a Mac Mansion. Bonus: can be washed with pressure while active.

author: RobertoLG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2014, 05:44:43 am
content: Quote from: gildasd on September 05, 2014, 05:06:15 amya, i'm sure they would use the best materials to make it work with a minimum/acceptable rate of failure, they could even colect the heat to use it in some way, stirling engines maybesomething like this probablyhttp://www.synison.gr/images/THE-DOT-project_SolarStirlingEngine.gif