Singapore builds floating solar farms in climate fight


This photograph taken on February 3, 2021 shows workers assembling solar panels on the shore of the Tengeh reservoir as part of the constuction of a floating solar power farm in Singapore. - Thousands of panels glinting in the sun stretch into the sea off Singapore, part of the land-scarce city-state's push to build floating solar farms to cut greenhouse gas emissions. - AFP

Singapore: Thousands of panels glinting in the sun stretch into the sea off Singapore, part of the land-scarce city-state’s push to build floating solar farms to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

It may be one of the world’s smallest countries, but the prosperous financial hub is among the biggest per capita carbon dioxide emitters in Asia.

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