Engineers are working on building solar farms robust enough to survive in the open ocean.
The reason is obvious: waves can easily swamp and damage solar panels.
The company says it will be the biggest offshore floating solar plant in the world, with the capacity to power a few hundred homes. He says that, as the panels are lying completely flat, the forces acting on them are diminished. Being close to the seawater also cools down the cells, which improves their performance.
Mr Bjorneklett concedes that his company's system may not be appropriate for the North Sea with its 30ft waves. But he says the system has survived category four typhoons during a test in a reservoir.Mr Huang's team at Cranfield University is working on an alternative offshore solar plant, which he says will be robust and cheap.
The reduced waves then travel through a buffer zone - a small enclosed area of water - which further reduces the wave power before it hits the solar panels themselves.
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