Europe’s largest floating solar farm is ready to produce power in July

Portugal is getting ready to open the world's largest floating solar farm in July to reduce its foreign fossil fuel dependencies.

Europe’s largest floating solar farm is ready to generate 7.5 gigawatt-hours annually starting in July, according to Reuters. The solar farm is built by Portugal’s main utility Energias de Portugal (EDP), on Western Europe’s biggest artificial lake, the Alqueva reservoir. A vast array of 12,000 solar panels, the size of four soccer fields, is moved by two tugboats to their mooring. The solar panels will also be paired with lithium batteries that can store 2 GWh. It will be able to power around 1,500 households. Get more updates on this story and more with The Blueprint, our daily…

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