Portugal-based EDP plans to expand the scale of its floating PV farms in Southeast Asia, with 16GW of floating PV systems installed in water bodies such as oceans and rivers by 2030.

Southeast Asia Floating Photovoltaic Power Generation

Miguel Stilwell, chief executive of EDP, said the company and a subsidiary of Southeast Asia's fourth-largest PV developer Sunseap last year jointly developed the country's first floating PV farm with an installed capacity of 5MW in Singapore. EDP sees the new technology as a good start to its expansion in the Southeast Asian market, and is already evaluating and developing other projects, Stilwell said.

The floating photovoltaic power plant developed in Singapore is the size of five football fields, with 13,300 photovoltaic modules and 30,000 floats installed. In its first year of operation, the photovoltaic farm will generate 6.1GWh of electricity, which can power 1,250 homes.

According to him, Sunseap currently has a project portfolio of 5.5GW in markets in 9 countries and regions including Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Japan. Keywords: engineering news, overseas news

"I think by 2030, we'll be developing offshore floating PV farms that will account for a significant portion of the 16GW of total installed capacity," Stilwell said. He added that the marine environment in the region is calmer than in other regions, which is conducive to the installation and operation of floating photovoltaic farms.Editor/XingWentao