2016 to help power the thames water treatment plant.
China solar panels on water.
The sungrow solar farm is just one tiny piece in china s push towards renewable.
The water also cools the electronics in the solar panels.
This week it further underlined its role as the global leader in renewable energy by switching on the world s largest floating solar power plant.
Today china invests more each year in wind hydro and solar power than any other country on earth.
The solar farm will power 15 000 homes in a coal rich province of china.
A worker carries two flotation devices that keep the panels above water.