{"id":68027,"date":"2024-05-11T17:24:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T22:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=68027"},"modified":"2024-05-11T17:24:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T22:24:57","slug":"the-worlds-largest-floating-solar-farm-wrecked-by-a-storm-just-before-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=68027","title":{"rendered":"The World\u2019s Largest Floating Solar Farm Wrecked by a Storm Just Before Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-10287873 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climate-fail category-intermittent-wind-and-solar category-opinion tag-floating-solar-farm tag-madhya-pradesh\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta category-meta\">\n<h3 class=\"cat-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/05\/09\/worlds-largest-floating-solar-farm-wrecked-by-a-storm\/\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The World\u2019s Largest Floating Solar Farm Wrecked by a Storm Just Before Launch<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content magazinenp-parts-item\">\n<p>h\/t Dr. Willie Soon; Who could have predicted acres of fragile floating structures would be vulnerable to bad weather?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Madhya Pradesh: Summer Storm Damages World\u2019s Largest Floating Solar Plant at Omkareshwar Dam (Watch Video)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indore: A summer storm on Tuesday damaged a floating solar plant at Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Omkareshwar dam. The floating\u00a0solar plant, situated in the backwater of the dam, is the biggest of its kind in the world. A joint venture between \u00a0Madhya Pradesh Govt and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), the project was nearly completed and ready for its launch. A part of the project became operational last week.<\/p>\n<p>The project near the village of Kelwa Khurd, aimed at generating 100 MW of electricity, with additional capacities of 88MW at Indawadi and 90 MW at Ekhand village. However, on Tuesday, summer storms with the speed of 50kmph hit the project and threw the solar panels all around the place. No employee was fortunately injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><cite>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lokmattimes.com\/national\/madhya-pradesh-summer-storm-damages-worlds-largest-floating-solar-plant-at-omkareshwar-dam-watch-video-a514\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.lokmattimes.com\/national\/madhya-pradesh-summer-storm-damages-worlds-largest-floating-solar-plant-at-omkareshwar-dam-watch-video-a514\/<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A video of the disaster;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1787224785170190752&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwattsupwiththat.com%2F2024%2F05%2F09%2Fworlds-largest-floating-solar-farm-wrecked-by-a-storm%2F&amp;sessionId=67a050c5114480cc98b54f759e77b9573f5ef61e&amp;siteScreenName=wattsupwiththat&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1787224785170190752\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Anyone who has ever owned a boat, particular a large boat which gets left in the water, knows what a harsh environment the sea can be. 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