World's Biggest Floating Solar Farm Goes Live on Top of a Former Coal Mine

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By Global CitizenAug 21, 2017, 1:30 pm118 pts
Coal power is getting buried in China—both literally and figuratively. Earlier this week, a new floating solar farm went live in the Chinese city of Huainan above a retired coal mine, China Daily reported . The mine was flooded with groundwater after it went out of service, and, rather than simply losing an…

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World's Biggest Floating Solar Farm Goes Live on Top of a Former Coal Mine

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