- Innovative solar project with an installed capacity of 19.3 megawatts peak will be finalized by the end of 2021
- BELECTRIC also awarded as operation and maintenance service provider
Kolitzheim (Germany) / Be`er Sheva (Israel) – BELECTRIC, a German based company, is further increasing its footprint in Israel’s growing solar industry by building a floating PV project on behalf of EDF. BELECTRIC’s Israeli subsidiary will carry out the engineering, construction and commissioning work for the 19.3 MW plant, which is one of the largest plants of its kind in Israel, located in northern Israel on a water reservoir for fish farming pools near the Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta’ot. Construction works are expected to start in early summer with commissioning planned to be reached by end of this year. BELECTRIC will also take on the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the floating solar project.
“Floating PV installations open up new opportunities for solar, especially in countries with high population density and competing uses for available land”, explains Ingo Alphéus, CEO of BELECTRIC Solar & Battery GmbH. “After our successful entry into this fast-growing market last year, we are pleased to have been awarded this benchmark project.”
Each of the more than 47,700 PV modules will be individually mounted on a floating platform and connected to a rapid shut down device to increase electrical safety whilst operating the fishing ponds during the O&M phase. The PV system is connected to the mainland via floating marine grade power lines. The floating platform itself is held in place by an anchoring and mooring system with direct rammed piers as well as under water concrete blocks. The complex anchoring system was especially designed by BELECTRIC.
