While the GreenTech conference wasn't what I was expecting and many of the innovations let me down, there were a couple innovations specific to water that I did find quite interesting. Floating Solar is one of them.
One company called Floating Solar got my attention because of the huge solar panels they had inside the exhibition hall. These solar parks, as they call them, use water as a resource by not taking up any space on land. They have tracking technology installed so the panels rotate throughout the day in line with the most direct sun exposure, allowing them to produce higher yields of energy. The materials used in the construction are 100% reusable and made from high-grade items to ensure they don't release any unwanted substances into the water. They are also angled steeper than most solar panels on today's market which prevents birds from sitting on top of them and instead provides them a shady potential habitat underneath the panels and on the floating structure itself.
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