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‘World’s largest’ floating hydro-solar farm powers green push in Isan

In this file photo taken on Feb 23, 2022, a worker stands beside floating solar panels for the Sirindhorn Dam hydro-solar farm run by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) in Ubon Ratchathani. (AFP photos)

A vast array of solar panels floats on the shimmering waters of a reservoir in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, symbolising the kingdom's drive towards clean energy as it seeks carbon neutrality by 2050.

The immense installation, covering 720,000 square metres of water surface, is a hybrid system that converts sunlight to electricity by day and generates hydropower at night.

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