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Sign upMarch 17, 2023
Port de Sète
Sète
SolarinBlue, designer of floating solar solutions specially designed for the maritime environment, launched the first units of the Sun’Sète project in mid-March 2023. The demonstrator is installed in the commercial port, located 1.5 km from the coast, on the site of a former offshore oil unloading station. The Sun’Sète project development required 9 months and involved several successive stages, to install two floating units within the port's authority area. SolarinBlue team studied the marine behavior of the floats, the photovoltaic production and carried out maintenance operations on the demonstrator. These studies confirmed the potential of this proprietary technology and prepared for its large-scale development.
Such monitoring process, proved offshore solar produces up to +6% more than a comparable rooftop PV installation nearby, mainly because of the use of bifacial panels and the benefits of the cooling effect on modules performance. SolarinBlue experience also proved that the swell effect has a negligible impact over the installation performance (less than 1%). A this party environmental impact study proved the negligible impact of the demonstrator over the marine ecosystem.
SolarinBlue is a pioneering French company specializing in floating offshore solar power. It aims to mitigate land-use competition by transitioning solar photovoltaics offshore, integrating solar and wind energy in hybrid farms. The robust floating solar technology is ready for extreme offshore conditions, including waves exceeding 10 meters and winds up to 200 km/h, with minimal ecological impact and a lifespan of over 30 years. High air gap and high buoyancy preserve solar panels and maximize their durability and production. In Sète, SolarinBlue launched the first floating offshore solar farm in the Mediterranean Sea. The installation, named Sun’Sète, proved offshore solar produces up to +6% more than rooftop PV installation, because of the use of bifacial panels and the benefits of the cooling effect on modules performance. In early 2024, SolarinBlue embarked on expanding the Sun’Sète project into Mega Sète, a 1MW floating solar farm scheduled for completion by 2025.
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