SolarDuck and RWE will work together on an offshore floating solar project in the North Sea that will include battery storage.
Offshore wind is poised to provide a significant proportion of Europe’s electrical energy in the near future. But those towers and turbines have to be spaced fairly far apart to avoid interfering with each other. That leaves a lot of open ocean in between them, ocean that has sunlight falling on it all day long.technology that would float on the surface of the ocean to generate electricity to supplement the output from those offshore wind turbines.
“Showcasing SolarDuck’s robust technology in rough North Sea conditions will enable us to deploy the technology practically anywhere in the world. We are very pleased that we found in RWE a strong partner who shares our vision of electrifying the world with offshore floating PV. I look forward to our organizations working together to achieve just that.”, the SolarDuck system uses a design that permits the solar panels to “float” 5 meters above the water and ride waves “like a carpet.
Offshore floating solar will be one piece of the renewable energy puzzle that we will need to wean ourselves off our fossil fuel addiction as we struggle to keep the Earth cool enough to support human life. A little less shouting at each other and more collaboration would also go a long way toward keeping the only home we will ever have habitable.