Thailand makes green push with floating hydro-solar power project

In this file photo taken on February 23, 2022, a worker stands beside floating solar panels for the Sirindhorn Dam hydro-solar farm run by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) in Ubon Ratchathani. - AFP

UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand (AFP): A vast array of solar panels floats on the shimmering waters of a reservoir in northeast Thailand, symbolising the kingdom's drive towards clean energy as it seeks carbon neutrality by 2050.

The immense installation, covering 720,000sq m of water surface, is a hybrid system that converts sunlight to electricity by day and generates hydropower at night.