Floating Solar
Floating solar, also known as floating photovoltaic (FPV), refers to any sort of solar array that floats on top of a body of water – be it the ocean, a lake or a pond.
Floating solar has several advantages but is still in its relative infancy, so there remain a lot of unknowns in its installation and operation. There are also restrictions on the number of places it can be installed.
OWC is a pioneer in the development of floating solar PV (photovoltaic) farms, through the market-leading expertise of its French branch – formerly known as Innosea.
We offer a comprehensive package of front-end engineering, design and advisory services to support the innovation and construction of this growing technology.
OWC has successfully evolved its service offering and in-house capabilities at pace with the rapidly developing floating solar PV market and has been invited to join four multinational Research & Development (‘R&D’) projects:
- INTERREG North-West Europe – Marine Energy Alliance
- Trust-PV
- BOOST Project
- DNVGL Floating Solar JIP
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What we do
We work closely with renewable teams across ABL Group and Longitude Engineering to provide market-leading support at every stage of a floating solar PV farm’s lifecycle – from early concept and planning through to operations and maintenance:
Floating Solar PV Farms Design
- Management & Supervision
- Control room
- Production optimisation
- Annual Energy Production
- Logistics design
Planning & Permitting
- Concept Development Pre-FEED
- Environmental Monitoring & Impact Assessment
- Navigation Risk Assessments in support of EIA
- Human Impact Assessment
Site Conditions
- Site Selection and layout
- GHI, wind and wave, current, soil survey
- Annual energy production
- Developer and/or financier support
- FEED
Floating Solar PV Farms Construction
Floater
- Suitability review
- Selection and interaction with AEP and mooring design
- Tender specifications
- Package management
- Technical Due Diligence
- HSEQ
Transport & Installation
- Marine Warranty Survey services
- Tender specifications
- Package management
- Marine engineering
- Cable installation, routing, in-place
Owner’s Engineering
Engineering
Electrical Engineering
The value we bring
+160 Floating Solar PV Studies
28 Countries
+4500 MWp Capacity
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