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Photovoltaic: three plants with 300 floating panels upon a Switzerland lake
Three floating photovoltaic plants are to be built on Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland, will cost more than 100 million Swiss francs.
Will be build by the end of summer 2013, three photovoltaic parks floating on the waters of Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Viteos and Nolaris developed the project; a spin-off of the CSEM (Swiss Research Centre for Electronics and Micro technology) specialized in projects dedicated to floating solar. The goal of the project is to test new photovoltaic technologies, for the production of renewable energy; the two companies will collaborate with the University of Neuchatel.
With a PVC-PU support, surrounded by a coil inflated with compressed air, upon each of the three islands, with a diameter of 25 meters each, will be installed 100 photovoltaic panels. The islands can rotate 220 degrees in the direction of the sun and return to the initial position during the night.
The islands are anchored to cement blocks, in an area closed to marine navigation, and connected to the shore by cables that will be connected directly to the electricity network.
The three islands will be independent from each other’s and will remain active for 25 years.
The company Viteos invests in this ambitious project more than 100 million Swiss francs (just over 80 million euro) to touch the 80 million kilowatt-hours produced in 10 years: ambitious target which corresponds to an increase of 150% of the production.
Viteos and Nolaris developed the project; a spin-off of the CSEM (Swiss Research Centre for Electronics and Micro technology) specialized in projects dedicated to floating solar. The goal of the project is to test new photovoltaic technologies, for the production of renewable energy; the two companies will collaborate with the University of Neuchatel.
Characteristics of the three islands
With a PVC-PU support, surrounded by a coil inflated with compressed air, upon each of the three islands, with a diameter of 25 meters each, will be installed 100 photovoltaic panels. The islands can rotate 220 degrees in the direction of the sun and return to the initial position during the night.
The islands are anchored to cement blocks, in an area closed to marine navigation, and connected to the shore by cables that will be connected directly to the electricity network.
The three islands will be independent from each other’s and will remain active for 25 years.
The company Viteos invests in this ambitious project more than 100 million Swiss francs (just over 80 million euro) to touch the 80 million kilowatt-hours produced in 10 years: ambitious target which corresponds to an increase of 150% of the production.
