The project will deliver 10% of the electricity requirement of the mine, although Black & Veach explains that it is designed so that it should be scaled up to 50 MW and has the “potential” to fully supply the operations of the mine.
Jerin Raj, Managing Director of Black & VeATCH in the Asian -Pacific area, said the project illustrated how engineering excellence and environmental responsibility can converge to transformative infrastructures “.
Floating solar – unlike FPV or “Floatovoltaics” – is an emerging sector in the PV industry. Floating solar inserts avoid concerns that can follow solar technology, and the positioning modules above water can report their efficiency by keeping cool. Modules over water bodies can also reduce evaporation, which is particularly useful for reservoirs.
The speakers of the Intersolar Europe commercial event organizer in Germany at the beginning of this year stated that floating PV could meet almost the entire global electricity requirement in only 10% of the world's suitable reservoirs. However, the realization that this will be considerable legislative and financial obligations.
Southeast Asia was identified as an important potential growth region for “floatovoltaics”, whereby large amounts of available water exchanges are available in countries such as the Philippines and Malaysia.
The Philippines have set ambitious provision goals for renewable energies for their side. The Ministry of Energy (DOE) aims to satisfy 35% of the country's energy requirement by 2030 with renewable energies. In March, he announced an auction system that strives for over 9 GW of renewable electricity capacity paired with storage, including floor mounting, roof and floating PV.
In January, the state developer of Emirati, Masdar, signed an agreement with the DOE to develop 1 GW solar, wind and energy storage capacity in the Philippines.