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From air conditioning to vacuum cleaners, New Jersey has long been known for its innovations, and now it is home to the largest floating solar array in North America. Consisting of 16,510 solar... | June 10, 2023
The facility, which began operating in January, produces 8.9 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 1,400 homes.
When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term “floating solar,” he didn’t even know it was a thing. What he did know is that his tiny town needed an affordable way to get electricity and had no extra land. But…
Floating solar panel farms are beginning to boom in the United States, attractive not just for their clean power and lack of a land footprint but because they also conserve water by preventing evaporation.
When Joe Seaman, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, N.Y., Googled the term "floating solar," he didn't even know it was a thing. What he did know is that his tiny town needed an affordable way to get electricity and had no extra land. But looking at a map, one feature stood out, he said. "We have this 14-acre water reservoir."