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In India, where land availability often nixes solar plans, floating solar-power plants offer a viable solution. While they have their unique design challenges and are more expensive to instal, they are more efficient than solar plants on land. Moreover, they help conserve a vital resource — water.
Want to generate solar power on a large scale? You need to mount plants at locations that get sunlight much of the year. But in a country with a population like India’s, land is precious. Besides, land acquisition for industry presents a huge hurdle. Where is the solar industry to go?Why, turn to water, says Vivek Jha, c0-founder of Gurugram-based Yellow Tropus, which has installed a 10KW unit at Chandigarh’s Dhanas lake. India, which aims to
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