In India want to build the largest solar panel on the water

In order to build a powerful solar-powered power plant, the first thing needed is a huge terrestrial area, which will house a solar panel. However, in countries such as India, there is no land for such purposes. Therefore, Indian engineers came to an interesting solution - they want to build a floating solar power plant, which will be the largest of its kind.

The proposed plant will produce about 50 megawatts of power per year. Huge construction area will reach about 1, 27 million square meters. But to begin with, the researchers built a test version of a modest size in one of the Indian Lakes, and test it.

Now experts are working on a system that allows the panels to prevent rocking on the water as well as on the protection of the station from the winds and other weather phenomena.

The project will cost India, according to various estimates from 64 to 72 million dollars. Tentatively, the construction of the station will start in the autumn of 2014 ...