Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-5951-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-5951-2026
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24 Aug 2026
Data description article |  | 24 Aug 2026

Decadal surge of water-surface solar in China's Yangtze Delta: A high-fidelity SAR-optical fusion inventory (2015–2024)

Yue Yan, Xin Jiang, Sihuan Wei, Yubin Jin, Xinyu Zou, Junwei Liu, Yaotong Cai, Jianhuai Ye, Zhilin Guo, and Zhenzhong Zeng

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The Yangtze River Delta Water-Surface Photovoltaics Dataset (2015–2024) Yue Yan https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17484488

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Floating solar is growing rapidly in China, but its long-term development remains poorly documented. We created a decade-long map of floating solar installations in the Yangtze River Delta using satellite observations and visual verification. The mapped area increased from 17.4 square kilometers in 2015 to 145.4 square kilometers in 2024. This dataset supports renewable energy planning and future studies of environmental changes related to floating solar expansion.
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