Portugal's EDP plans to expand the scale of floating photovoltaic power generation in Southeast Asia by 2030

According to reports, Portugal-based EDP plans to expand the scale of its floating photovoltaic power plants deployed in Southeast Asia, and will install 16GW of floating photovoltaic power generation systems in water bodies such as oceans and rivers by 2030.

Miguel Stilwell, chief executive of EDP, said the company and a subsidiary of Southeast Asia's fourth-largest PV developer Sunseap last year jointly developed the country's first floating PV farm with an installed capacity of 5MW in Singapore.

"EDP sees this new technology as a good start to its expansion in the Southeast Asian market, and is already evaluating and developing other projects," Stilwell said.

The floating photovoltaic power plant developed in Singapore is the size of five football fields, with 13,300 photovoltaic modules and 30,000 floats installed. In its first year of operation, the photovoltaic farm will generate 6.1GWh of electricity, which can power 1,250 homes.

According to him, Sunseap currently has a project portfolio of 5.5GW in markets in 9 countries and regions including Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Japan.

"I think by 2030, we'll be developing offshore floating PV farms that will make up a significant portion of the 16GW total installed capacity," Stilwell said, adding that the region's marine environment is calmer than others. , which is conducive to the installation and operation of floating photovoltaic power plants.