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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. 

. Simon talked to MPR News meteorologist Paul Huttner about floatovoltaics.

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Already used in lakes around the world, floating solar panels have helped harvest a vast amount of clean energy. Matt Simon with Grist talks about floating photovoltaics — the technology gathering energy from the sun on top of still bodies of water.   

Lakes could help harness large amounts of clean energy from the sun using floating solar panels.

Lakes could help harness large amounts of clean energy from the sun using floating solar panels

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