Did you know that putting floating solar on only 10% of the surface of all the reservoirs that humans have built could provide 110% of the electricity that we now are producing? Well, now you do.
Also, it might reduce evaporation considerably, conserving more water in reservoirs and reducing humidity and thus posdibly flashfloods.--hypothesis.
@HistoPol
Evaporation reduction definitely, but the others seem speculative and don't strike me as very possible because of the scale differences between some floating islands and such broad scale things as flashfloods not to mention ambient humidity.
Putting PV roofs over canals is already saving acre feet of water in a few arid irrigated agricultural regions, but it's just in its infancy so far.
I've read about the roofed canals, too.
I believe that humanity needs to think much bigger and use #Agrivoltaics wherever possible. (In fact, we could call the swimming panels and the roofed canals #Aquavoltaics.
As I've researched for my thread, agrivoltaics creates #microclimates, likewise irrigated gardens like the ones built by the #Moors in southern Spain, e.g. #Granada.
Picture this 4 almost any fields, rivers, and reservoirs, as well as some coastal regions...still micro?
@HistoPol
Agrivoltaics is the real game changer. Not only does it help mitigate global warming by producing electricity without polluting greenhouse gases, it can also help protect crops from extreme weather caused by climate change.
P.S. I'm hoping that aid agencies and local leaders in #Ukraine are actively looking towards #Agrivoltaics and batteries to make their grid more resilient and to replace the stations that Putin has destroyed.