In 2018, Japan opened a floating solar farm with more than 50,000 panels; 18 months later, Typhoon Faxai’s 120mph winds tore modules loose and around 50 panels caught fire
Representative Image (AI-generated) Japan’s push to generate renewable electricity from reservoirs took a dramatic turn in 2019 when a powerful typhoon damaged one of the country’s largest floating solar farms. The project at Yamakura Dam in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, began operating in March 2018 with thousands of solar panels spread across the reservoir. According to…
