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Ocean & Marine · Recorded milestone

Floating power and water islands

Recorded year2022

Offshore platforms combine solar, desalination and aquaculture.

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Built on

Industrial fish farmingRecorded · 1970enables
Large-scale desalinationRecorded · 1977enables
Mass-produced solarRecorded · 2010enables

Led to

Floating citiesForecast · ~2040enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.