While there are increasing support for floating solar panels over water bodies I am researching and trying to find out more about the positive side effects, including environmental and techno-economic impacts of floating solar panel projects?
The First Global Floating Solar Conference recently stated that: floatovoltaics or floating PV (FPV) preserves agricultural farmland as it reduces the land footprint for ground-mounted solar projects.
What are positive impacts of putting floating solar panels over a water body like the ocean or irrigation dams, rivers, canals (including scientific references) ?