Photo Story: Floating solar panels unveiled in Swiss Alps

Floating barges with solar panels are pictured on the Lac des Toules, an alpine reservoir lake, in Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland.

Upon completion the floating solar panel station will consist of 36 floating barges featuring 2,240 square meters of solar cells targeting to deliver 800,000 kilowatt-hour per year, the annual power consumption of approximately 220 homes.

The frame can rise and fall according to the water level and can support up to 50cm of snow.

Photo: EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD