A Belgian consortium together with the Tractebel engineering subsidiary of the French power firm Engie has unveiled a brand new offshore floating platform for photovoltaic purposes.
The group, which additionally contains Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME), marine offshore specialist Jan De Nul and Ghent College, plans to deploy its first demonstrator on the Belgian coast in the summertime of 2023.
Known as Seavolt, the floating platform is claimed to have the ability to face up to harsh coastal situations.
“The modular design permits for simple adaptation to completely different websites and calls for,” the consortium mentioned in a press release, with out offering additional technical particulars. “Advantages embrace native renewable power manufacturing and the potential for putting in panels in offshore windfarms. One other benefit is the addition of huge volumes of renewable power capability in a comparatively brief time period.
Tractebel can be engaged on one other offshore photo voltaic challenge within the North Sea. The group contains DEME, photo voltaic installer Soltech NV and Ghent College and plans to put in a €2 million array close to an aquaculture farm and an offshore wind challenge.
In a examine printed in 2020, scientists from Utrecht College within the Netherlands claimed that offshore PV crops will be extra productive than arrays positioned on land after operating a simulation evaluating a challenge within the North Sea in a traditional subject system within the Utrecht Photovoltaic Out of doors Take a look at.
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