Guohua Investment aims for a first pilot outing for its giant solar platform off the coast of Shandong. It is also a landing point for the subsea cable that transmits the generated power to the national grid.
The fixed pile-based PV system is designed with long-span steel platforms and pile-foundations, that are able to withstand changing weather conditions. The especially rougher sea conditions and highest BOS cost calls for special requirements of solar panels which is the heart of the whole system. In addition to higher efficiency, reliability, and generation performance are the critical considerations for equipment selection. The unique marine offshore environment will accelerate the degradation, aging, and deterioration of panels. In order to resist the harsh conditions in the sea, the encapsulation material and process should be specifically developed to deliver the committed warranty.
Furthermore, since the cost of supporting the platform of offshore fixed pile-based PV system is much more costly than the conventional mounting system used onshore, the higher the efficiency of panels, the more productivity per square meter to maximize the platform space, the much more value and profitability of the investment.
The installation of the 1GW-peak offshore PV system is hoped to lead to more offshore PV projects in coastal regions in East China as well as other land-scarce countries that can tap offshore solar as part of their renewables strategy.
“We are very pleased to pass the rigorous tests and be trusted by Guohua to provide our Tiger Neo panels for this milestone offshore solar farm in Shandong, China with single project capacity of 1GW.” said Dany Qian, VP of JinkoSolar, “compared to land-based as well as conventional inland lake floating PV installations, offshore PV is a totally different scenario which should have different testing, different requirement and selection criteria for solar panels even to the extreme.”
“We believe that our Tiger Neo utilized highest efficiency N-type TOPCon cells combined with special encapsulation will hone our experience and expertise in offshore PV systems and is well placed to help our clients access this new frontier for solar energy,” added Dany Qian.
JinkoSolar has over 30 Gigawatt of N-type TOPCon solar panels delivered and installed in 180 countries, including ground-mounted large-scale solar farms, solar hydrogen projects, offshore PV systems, solar desalination, as well as public housing estates, commercial and industrial buildings.
