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Figure 7.17 Schematic [98] of the
multijunction solar cell application to pontoon
mounting. Design of Solaris Synergy (Israel) to
be built on a reservoir in France. Each unit is
rated at 500W, and circular groups of 24 units,
held with hexagonal confining wires, are
provided with sensor and motor to rotate as a
unit. The arrays are rated at 12 kW, and the
reservoir project contains eight arrays adding to
96 kW.
for example, at water reservoirs, above hydroelectric dams, in water treatment plants
of various sorts, and in water transport systems. These areas, a bit like the top of a
landfill, are often left open to the sun and can be exploited without undue complica-
tions. The water surface is reliably horizontal and tracking of the sun is accomplished
by rotating the circular array of 24
floating pontoons around the vertical axis, which is
easy to do. The device shown places the expensive solar cells in a bridge at the focus of
