Trina Photo voltaic will construct a 71MW floating PV (FPV) undertaking within the Malaysian state of Sarawak after profitable a young held by the state’s utility, Sarawak Power.
Situated on the Batang Ai hydroelectric plant to facilitate grid connection, the undertaking, unfold throughout greater than 190 hectares, will represent the primary large-scale FPV undertaking to be inbuilt Sarawak, Trina mentioned.
The undertaking will use N-type bi-facial excessive effectivity PV modules alongside string inverters to “enhance system efficiency effectivity and scale back the undertaking’s levelised price of electrical energy (LCOE),” Trina mentioned.
Along with constructing the FPV plant, Trina may even improve the high-voltage substation and conduct operations and upkeep (O&M) companies for the undertaking.
“We proceed to strengthen our place in Malaysia to contribute to the decarbonisation of the nation’s power methods by means of utilising higher options and companies,” mentioned Linhui Sui, president of Trina Photo voltaic’s Worldwide Methods Enterprise Unit.
FPV is more and more seen as a lovely possibility for nations with sturdy photo voltaic assets however restricted land availability. Nonetheless, regulatory hurdles have held the know-how again from higher roll-out, with some corporations calling for allowing reform to hurry up deployment.
Power advisory DNV has launched two joint business tasks (JIPs) to assist standardise the event of FPV. The 2 JIPs will intention to create an anchoring and mooring design commonplace in addition to a float design, testing and qualification commonplace geared toward addressing particular points for FPV constructions.
