RWE is to construct its first floating photovoltaic (PV) project, in the Netherlands.
The 6.1MW Amer floating PV project consists of 13,400 solar panels that will float on a lake near the Amer power plant in Geertruidenberg, in the Netherlands’ province of Noord-Brabant.
Construction of the floating PV project is expected to start at the beginning of August, and to be commissioned by the end of 2021.
RWE has also started constructing a 2.3MW ground mounted PV project on the site of its Amer power plant, which will complete in August 2021.
Both PV projects, floating and ground mounted, are part of Solar Park Amer.
RWE Generation CEO and Netherlands country chair Roger Miesen said: “Our first floating PV project demonstrates our ambition to drive forward the energy transition with innovative technologies and clean energy supply.”
RWE is expanding its Dutch portfolio with four new onshore wind farms and a solar park under construction.
Miesen added: “As a company we also strongly contribute to hydrogen developments via the projects NortH2, Eemshydrogen and FUREC.
“Both new PV projects show that we can turn conventional asset sites into landmark projects that promote innovative solutions for a sustainable electricity system.”
In 2018, RWE realised the first phase of Solar Park Amer, installing 0.5MW on the roof of its power plant.