Brazil.
Engineers from the South American country have developed a system of floating solar panels for a section of the Amazon that was flooded and destroyed by a hydroelectric reservoir project from the 80s.
The solar panels are an attempt to transform the artificial lake into a sustainable project after the region was flooded by the Balbina reservoir in 1989. The costly construction of the dam flooded 2400 km2 of Amazon rainforest.
However, the project so far only compensated for a small generation capacity. The Balbina project, which will be completed in 2017, is a large platform with 50,000 m2 of solar panels. These panels can produce 5 MW of electricity, enough to power about 9000 homes.
Engineers hope to increase production to 300 MW, which will allow the project once completed to produce electricity for 540,000 homes.
