Seychelles to Build World’s Largest Floating Solar Plant

In Seychelles, French developer Qair, has been selected to develop the largest floating solar power plant to be installed on saltwater in the world. The 5-MW plant will be the first project led by an Independent Power Producer (IPP) in Seychelles. The project, which is anticipated to commence in July, will be built on a lagoon on Mahé, the main island of the archipelagic nation. The company claims it will be the world’s largest floating PV project to be installed in a saltwater environment when it is completed by the end of this year. The project is the first solar array to be spearheaded by an IPP in Seychelles, claimed Qair. The solar plant will require 13,500 solar panels, which will be built across 40,000 square metres of water. Upon completion, the installation will account for about 2 per cent of total power generation in the island nation.

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