mounted to the cables 20 22 without adjacent mounted receivers for clarity in use however a number of other receivers are mounted adjacent to the receiver shown and a selected gap or spacing can be provided between each receiver to accommodate design specific requirements e g sunlight density of panels for required power output etc in order to meet these design requirements and to provide benefits such as reducing evaporative losses balancing airflow pressures and providing cushioning for each receiver as well as cushioning between adjacent receivers gaskets can be used on the solar array more specifically a selected gasket pattern can be incorporated on each receiver as well as a gasket pattern between receivers for example a gasket material can be placed within selected gaps 57 located between adjacent panels 12 and between the end panels 12 and the cables 20 22 additionally gasket material can be placed between selected adjacent receivers along each of the side edges 59 of each receiver accordingly by use of gasket material gaps in the solar array can be controlled to meet various design requirements referring to fig8 another preferred embodiment is illustrated with respect to a solar panel array 100 that is especially adapted for installation over a body of water for this embodiment in lieu of a cable truss assembly with compression members support is provided by an arrangement of cables in tension only the cable support includes an upper main cable 101 a lower main cable 102 and a.