Floating farm marks Thailand's green push

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 13, 2022 1:15 am

UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand: A vast array of solar panels floats on the shimmering waters of a reservoir in northeast Thailand, symbolizing the kingdom's drive toward clean energy as it seeks carbon neutrality by 2050.

The immense installation, covering 720,000 square meters of water surface, is a hybrid system that converts sunlight to electricity by day and generates hydropower at night.

NO EARTH, WIND AND FIRE This aerial photo taken in Ubon Ratchathani on Feb. 22, 2022 shows floating solar panels next to a substation for the Sirindhorn Dam hydro-solar farm, run by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand. AFP PHOTO

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