RE: Is a floating solar energy plant a smart idea?
Now imagine this scenario:
Out on the horizon bordering island nations? tropical waters are
giant floats with rotary wind generators and solar panels that look
like sails. In and on these floating mega structures are facilities
which these nations will depend on beyond 2001. From clean
rooms to ocean research centers, from marinas to transshipment
ports, from mariculture to horticulture, from power generation to
desalination, from housing to theme parks - the list goes on.
[from my paper dated 1991]