- Work on the largest salt-water floating solar farm in Seychelles will begin this year.
- The project will see the installation of a 5 MW photovoltaic system.
Work on a floating solar farm in Seychelles is expected to begin this year, following the recent signing of three agreements for the project. Once completed, Seychelles will have built the world’s largest salt-water floating solar plant.
The project, which has been seven years in the making, will see the installation of a 5 MW photovoltaic system in the lagoon at Providence, on the eastern coast of Mahe, which will help Seychelles move closer to its zero-emissions target.
The agreements for the project were signed in a ceremony on board the Energy Observer, a floating photovoltaic laboratory, an official partner with French renewable energy company Qair.
In fact, of the three agreements signed, one between the Seychelles government and Qair for government support on the project and another two, a power purchase agreement and grid connection agreement was signed between the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) and Qair.
In his speech after signing the agreements, the Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Energy, Flavien Joubert, said: “The government is determined to ensure energy security through the best investments and with the use of renewable energy in Seychelles.”
The regional director of Qair, Olivier Gaering, said that despite the many international issues that threatened the project, it is remarkable that it finally reached this point.