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.