Happy Wednesday!
Did anyone read The Houston
Chronicle Texas Inc. Section - Fuel Fix on Sunday, June 11, 2023,
the reprinted article from Associated Press titled, “Floating solar powers
water treatment plant”? In the article,
it speaks about Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant near Millburn, New Jersey and
its seventeen- acre array consisting of over sixteen thousand floating solar panels
which float on Canoe Brook Reservoir. This
is now the largest floating solar array in North America, and it makes 8.9
megawatts of electricity. All this
electricity supplies the majority of power the water treatment facility needs
to run the water pumps. The water pumps move
fourteen million gallons of water a day to help serve the community. Of course, there is a catch for this greener
and cleaner way of doing things. One
needs to have a man-made reservoir because saltwater damages the equipment,
and the water and solar panels (which are on plastic floats) are fastened to
the bottom. They work together by the
water keeps the panels cool and the panels reduce evaporation of the water. The interesting things engineers come up with
to make the world more efficient. If you
would like to read more of the article from Associated Press, please
click the link: New Jersey utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plant | AP News.
If you would like help in looking
into how to update your facility or terminal to make it more efficient, contact
us via the email in the blog and check out our ESC's website!
We hope you have a great and
productive rest of your week! Keep cool in this heat wave!