German government study to evaluate potential of floating solar on lakes at former mines

Around 500 open-pit lakes left behind as a legacy of Germany's open-cast lignite mining industry could potentially host more than 50 GW of solar generation capacity. With that in mind, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is financing a three-year study into the technology's revenue potential.The German government will fund a research project to explore the economic potential of installing floating solar on the open-pit lakes left behind by lignite mining. With project partner the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE estimating technical potential in the mid double-digit ...

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