The newest, hottest power couple doesn’t live in Hollywood. It’s actually the marriage of solar panels and water reservoirs: Known as floating photovoltaics, or floatovoltaics, the devices bob on ...

A new study has revealed that government-managed reservoirs have the potential to generate enough solar energy to power about 100 million homes in the US annually. For the first time, a survey done by ...

A lesser-known form of solar power that has several advantages over the traditional kind is gaining traction in the United States. The solar panels float on water, so they don't take up land; the ...

HYDERABAD, India, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the latest insights from Mordor Intelligence, the floating solar panels market size is projected to grow from USD 1.06 billion in 2025 to ...

Officials at Del-Co Water Company, a nonprofit cooperative in north central Ohio, were looking for ways to add solar power to reduce the carbon footprint of their energy-intensive pump systems. But ...

Floating solar panels are emerging as a promising clean energy solution with environmental benefits, but a new study finds those effects vary significantly depending on where the systems are deployed.

The concept of floating solar is essentially attaching solar panels to rafts so that they float on water rather than blocking off land that could be used for buildings or agriculture. The Nature ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. A reservoir is many things: a source of drinking water, a playground for swimmers ...

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 ...

The installation of floating solar panels in an irrigation canal sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, but the North Unit Irrigation District, which delivers water from the Deschutes ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. The Sweetwater Authority, a South County water district, is making moves to install solar ...

They generate green energy. The save money. They slow evaporation. They float. And the Sweetwater Authority wants to put them on its Sweetwater Reservoir. Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, ...