World's largest floating solar farm (you read that right) suffers

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How it started:

How it’s going:

Me in my basement trying to keep a straight face:

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this floating solar farm was built on the backwaters of the Omkareshwar Dam in Madhya Pradesh, India, and as you can see by this upcoming video it’s been severely damaged by a storm that ripped through the area last month.

Never would’ve expected that!

Here was the pipe dream of this little floater, which is now undergoing repairs:

The solar facility in Khandwa district incorporates unique technology akin to that of a hydroelectric power plant, enabling the generation of electricity from water. Floaters positioned atop the water’s surface are connected to the solar panels. These floaters are securely anchored together to safeguard the panels from any potential harm resulting from fluctuations in water flow or level.

Apparently not “securely anchored” enough!

An inland floating power plant so powerful that a summer storm can just rip it to pieces!

Like, who engineered this thing?!?!

The world’s largest floating solar plant in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district has been damaged by a storm. The plant, built on the backwaters of Omkareshwar Dam, was ready for launch but, however, was hit by a summer storm on Tuesday …

NHDC subdivisional officer Suresh Dwivedi said that a ‘major loss’ occurred to the solar panels installed for the plant. “Officials are assessing the loss. The survey is expected to be completed in two days,” TOI quoted Dwivedi as saying.

Despite the setback, the power production is expected to resume soon, the report quoted senior officials as saying.