South Korea’s largest floating PV
plant now online
The 41 MW facility was
built by Korean developer Scotra with solar modules provided by
South Korea-based manufacturer Hanwha Q-Cells. It was deployed on
a water reservoir at the Hapcheon dam, in the South Gyeongsang
province.
South Korean floating PV
specialist
Scotra has completed construction on a 41 MW floating solar array
on a water reservoir at the Hapcheon dam, in South Korea's South
Gyeongsang province.
The plant was constructed
for Korea Water Resources Corp., which is a
governmental agency that manages water resources.
The facility is the largest
floating PV plant built in the country to date. It was built with the
Q.Peak Duo Poseidon modules for floating projects provided by
South Korea-based manufacturer Hanwha Q-Cells and floating structures
supplied by Scotra itself.
The floating plant has the
shape of a flower and, according to the project developer, will also
become a tourist attraction.
Scotra previously built a
25 MW floating solar plant on a reservoir in Goheung county, in
the South Korean province of Jeollanam, and a 500 kW pilot floating
array at the Hapcheon dam itself.
The company is also
developing a 72 MW project at the
Saemangeum sea wall on the Yellow Sea, for which it has also built
a new 300 MW factory to produce floaters and frames.
In March, the South Korean
Ministry of Environment announced a
plan to install around 2.1 GW of
floating PV capacity by 2030. The new 2.1 GW program is part of
South Korea's
plan to become carbon-neutral by 2050. It will add to the
2.1 GW floating solar complex the South Korean government is
developing near the Saemangeum tidal flats, on the coast of the Yellow
Sea.
The
KRW4.6 trillion ($3.82 billion) project was unveiled in 2019. It
will be built in two stages, with the first 1.2 GW phase set to come
online in late 2022 and adding the remaining capacity by 2025
