England's Biggest Floating Solar Plant Planned
Associated British Ports (ABP), Britain's top ports operator, has announced plans to install the largest floating solar project in the country at the Port of Barrow, north of Liverpool on England's eastern coastline.
The port has submitted planning documents for the "Barrow EnergyDock," which will be in the Cavendish Dock, a former harbor basin and shipbuilding area that now is an enclosed reservoir.
The floating station will generate up to a peak of 40 megawatts’ worth of power for customers in the advanced manufacturing sector (BAe Systems' submarine manufacturing plant). It also would benefit the port by providing lower-cost electricity, according to ABP.
The panels will be mounted at a fixed angle on floating pontoons, which will be anchored to the bottom of the dock. The array of 47,000 panels would cover about a third of the entire surface area, leaving the remainder open for leisure usage - notably shoreside and pierside fishing.
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