An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar panels and soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home (www.ecoportal.net)

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[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

TL;DR, they the removed diesel generators that disturbed and scared fishes away.

Using diesel generators in remote locations (or anywhere) is a bad idea. Replacing them with solar panels is common sense, and they finally got around to it.

That's a good move, better late than never. That company didn't have much foresight by installing and keeping generators for so long.

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