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World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm
The world’s largest floating solar farm is China’s Anhui Fuyang Southern Wind-solar-storage, with an installed gross capacity of 650,000 KW.
It is situated in the city of Fuyang and spans 867 hectares, equal to the size of 1300 football fields.
The solar farm is built on a flooded region, which was previously used for coal mining, thus repurposing degraded land for the generation of clean electricity.
It has 1.2 million PV modules, and its annual power generation is estimated to touch 700 million kWh, equivalent to offsetting 220,000 tonnes of coal annually and carbon dioxide by 580,000 tonnes.
The entire project also includes a 550 MW wind power project and a 300 MW/600 MWh storage power project.
It is significant as it creates a self-sufficient system, which is gradually transforming the energy infrastructure of the Yangtze River Delta region.
The Fuyang Base Project is one of the first large-scale projects in Anhui Province and the Yangtze River Delta Region that integrates wind power, energy storage and PV.
It is also economical and highly productive. Not only does it generate clean energy, but combines it with aquaculture, maximising the benefits of the water area.
Less water is evaporated due to the solar panels, and microorganisms also do not grow due to their presence. Hence, water is clean, and the surrounding environment remains healthy.
The project is cited as one of the most efficient in the region, helping save land resources, and its daily power production can meet the requirements of 700,000 people for an entire day.
CHN Energy’s 1 GW Offshore Solar Facility is another landmark project, which would become the largest in the world when fully operational.
While the Anhui project is located on an inland lake, this is notable for being an open sea offshore solar farm.
With a planned capacity of 1 GW or 1000 MW, the CHN facility lies 8 km off the coast of the city of Dongying, Shandong Province, in China.
It is also a global first in many aspects, one such being the use of steel truss platforms, which are anchored to fixed pile foundations in the seafloor, a new approach and an engineering feat.
Another advancement is the use of a 66-kilovolt offshore cable paired with an onshore cable for high-capacity and long-distance power transmission.
The first batch of photovoltaic units for the 1 GW facility was connected to the grid, and a major part is now operational, though it is not at its full capacity yet. The project is being developed in phases.
When fully completed, the floating solar farm is expected to produce 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity every year. It is sufficient to power 2.67 million urban residents in China.
This farm, like the Anhui Fuyang Southern Wind-solar-storage, uses a fishery-photovoltaic complementary model, combining solar power generation with aquaculture to maximise the usage of the water area. It reduces carbon emissions and has created hundreds of jobs.
These projects and others being commissioned show China’s massive investment in the renewable energy sector.
Beijing plans to combine different energy sources to create a stable and reliable power supply for the future. Its use of advanced technologies and innovative design has cemented China’s position as a leader in floating solar technology.
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