The China Energy Engineering Group has proposed a 1 GW floating solar farm in Zimbabwe, which will cost almost $1 billion. It will be built on Lake Kariba, a huge man-made water course and involves 1.8 million PV panels on 146 floating units. It is revealed by Bloomberg from an official report for the state’s power utility and funders. Zimbabwe has acute electricity shortages because low water levels have slashed hydro generation. Every lake that has existing hydro and transmission should put in reservoir PV. The European Commission has twisted arms to get the maritime transport sector’s greenhouse gas contribution cut by at least 55% by 2030, and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Greenhouse gas intensity of fuels used…