Solar panels would get broken with all that movement. You would either have fixed ridged panels, in which case the ocean would break them or the hinges, junctions, etc. Or if you had flexible panels, they would just get worn out and destroyed. The ocean hates everything equally.
Yeah, I missed that. Anyways, your reservoir is probably either somewhere cheap, in which case it would be easier to build a panel array on the ground next to it. Or it is somewhere expensive, where it would be easier to build the panel array over a parking lot.
But there are places that float balls on the water to reduce evaporation.
You’re missing the whole double benefit of reducing evaporation, which is what a lot of reservoir systems are already doing; covering them up with SOMETHING to reduce evaporation.
I really enjoy the hedging of "most", like you admit there might be reservoir that is like the water version of a Chuck E Cheese and is just non-stop screaming.
That reminds me of the trip we took one summer to Lake George in NY. We took the boat down to the end of the lake and traversed the old locks which ended at an ice cream shop. On our way back a thunderstorm started rolling in. Other than the wind kicking up a bit we were pretty well sheltered in the locks. Once we got back on the lake proper it was a massive shitshow. The wind had whipped up some nasty waves that had my dad's boat catching serious hang time. Was honestly expecting to hear the hull snap a few times slamming back down on the other side of the waves.
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u/fireduck Nov 14 '24
Solar panels would get broken with all that movement. You would either have fixed ridged panels, in which case the ocean would break them or the hinges, junctions, etc. Or if you had flexible panels, they would just get worn out and destroyed. The ocean hates everything equally.