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And it s going to get a lot bigger. Birds-eye view of SolarDuck s floating solar power platform. SolarDuck
A new solar power platform is making waves in the way we think about renewable energy, advancing a novel form of offshore floating arrays. Called the Demonstrator, the platform was recently towed upriver in the Netherlands to simulate some of the wind and water stresses of being out at the open sea, and it passed with flying colors.
While the ideal environs for SolarDuck s creation are cities and islands near the equator (where there s less wind for wind power), the next Demonstrator variant can withstand hurricane forces experienced in and around Bermuda and Florida, explained CTO Don Hoogendoorn of SolarDuck, in a video interview with Interesting Engineering.
New-yorkUnited-statesFloridaNetherlandsHong-kongSingaporeBermudaDon-hoogendoornSolarduck-testingDamen-shipyards-groupDuck-tugboatDuck-partial-solar-arrayComparing the Top Home Battery Storage Technologies Last week, the floating platforms were towed upriver from Gorinchem, where they were built at Damen Shipyards, to IJzendoorn through the Waal (Rhine), the widest river of the Netherlands. I m incredibly proud, says CTO Don Hoogendoorn For months, we perfected the technological design, after which we built the Demonstrator within 7 months. From a technological point of view - our team has over 80 years of shared experience in maritime technology - we knew the platforms were built robustly, but a 50 km high speed towing route is the ultimate real-life test. During such a path, the forces are far beyond those you would experience at sea. And our platforms passed the test with flying colors.
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