Lakes could help harness large amounts of clean energy from the sun using floating solar panels
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Lakes are a part of Minnesota’s Identity.
While the thousands of lakes are cherished for their recreational accessibility across the state, some of those pristine bodies of water could — one day — help generate a vast amount of clean energy through solar power.
Matt Simon wrote about floating solar panels for Grist. Simon talked to MPR News meteorologist Paul Huttner about floatovoltaics.
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