Construction starts at 29-MWp floating solar park on German lake

German energy company LEAG its partner EP New Energies (EPNE) have started building what they say will be the largest floating solar park in Germany, a 29-MWp plant on the Cottbuser Ostsee lake in Brandenburg.

The photovoltaic (PV) array will be installed on the surface of Germany’s largest artificial lake created at the site of a former open-cast lignite mine, LEAG said on Friday.

More than 51,000 solar modules will be mounted on around 1,800 floating bodies over the next few months. Those solar boats, as they are called, will be attached along with the pre-assembled modules to 34 dolphins that will anchor the system. Once in operation, the floating PV park will be able to generate around 29,000 MWh of electricity to meet the annual power demand of 8,250 homes.

The solar arrays will cover 16 ha of the water surface, or around 1% of the total lake area. They are planned to go online in the winter season of 2024/2025.

Pfalzsolar has been tasked with building the floating PV park.

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