Europe’s largest floating solar power station construction in the UK

Associated British power company announced that Europe’s largest floating solar power stations in the UK this week launched Godley reservoir construction.

According to introducing, the floating type 12000 pairs of solar cells, solar power plants need to install covers an area of about 45000 square meters, the reservoir area of 60000 square meters.Once completed, it will provide the UK each year 2.7 gw power.
Last year, Britain’s first floating solar power stations in Berkshire reservoir started construction, solar battery installed capacity of 800 groups.
Project developer joint power company said, “we plan to achieve output accounts for 35% of the total demand in 2020. The floating type solar power is an important step to achieve this goal.”
The floating type solar power station has become second only to Japan’s hyogo Sakasamaike floating type of floating type solar power plants are under construction in the world’s second largest.However, Japan kyocera company also plans to March 2016, covers an area of 180000 square meters of new large floating type solar power plants.
The floating type solar power plants are expected to end completed and put into operation.

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