Thailand plans world’s largest floating solar farms


BANGKOK: Thailand plans to build the world’s largest floating solar farms to power South-East Asia’s second-largest economy and to boost the country’s share of clean energy.

State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) would float 16 solar farms with a combined capacity of more than 2.7 gigawatts in nine of its hydroelectric dam reservoirs by 2037, said Thepparat Theppitak, a deputy governor with the utility.

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