Huaneng Power brings online 320-MW floating PV complex in China

• Chinese power manufacturer Huaneng Power International Inc (HKG:0902) on Friday stated it has actually linked to the grid the 2nd stage of a 320-MW floating solar complex at home, touted as the biggest one internationally.

The Dezhou Dingzhuang photovoltaic or pv (PV) solar park is located in Dezhou, in China's Shandong district, on a storage tank near Huaneng Power's 2.65-GW Dezhou thermal power station.

The 120-MW 2nd stage of the complex was completed in September as well as brought online in the last days of 2021. Stage one, which consists of a 200-MW floating PV plant as well as 8 MWh of battery storage capacity, was activated in November 2020. When operating at full capacity, the PV complex will certainly can producing around 550 million kWh of electricity per year, Huaneng Power estimates.

The floating solar park belongs to a bigger renewable resource project that additionally includes a 100-MW wind farm.