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Biggest floating solar yet
Europe’s biggest ever floating solar panel array is being installed on London’s Queen Elizabeth II reservoir as part of Thames Water’s bid to self-generate a third of its own energy by 2020. It will have a total installed peak capacity of 6.3 MW.
Just over 23,000 solar photovoltaic panels will be floated on the reservoir near Walton-on-Thames, utilising a normally redundant suburban space on the surface, following an agreement between Thames Water, Ennoviga Solar and Lightsource Renewable Energy.
The innovative floating pontoon will cover around a tenth of the reservoir. The energy produced will be used to help power the nearby water treatment works.
News Item details
Journal title: Energy World
Subjects: Energy engineering, Economics, business and commerce, Electricity generation, Solar energy, Electricity, Floating production facility, Solar power, Photovoltaics, Floating Solar Power Plants
