Following the success of offshore wind farms, renewable vitality corporations at the moment are exploring floating photo voltaic panels as a approach to make the most of the huge ocean house for photo voltaic vitality seize.
The Dutch North Sea is now dwelling to Merganser, a brand new floating photo voltaic trial venture. This pilot venture goals to check and show the viability of this floating expertise.
SolarDuck, a Dutch-Norwegian firm, has partnered with German energy large RWE to put in this clear vitality venture. This pilot will assess the efficiency and discover the long run prospects of integrating photo voltaic into offshore wind farms. This integration is claimed to be a extra environment friendly use of ocean house for vitality manufacturing.
“Standalone or together with offshore wind farms, offshore floating photo voltaic can open up extra offshore renewable vitality alternatives – particularly for nations with low common wind pace however loads of daylight,” stated Sven Utermöhlen, CEO of RWE Offshore Wind, within the press launch.
“With Merganser, we achieve distinctive insights and first-hand expertise in one of many world’s most difficult coastal environments.”