ABB has put in a distribution answer to help the brand new 250 ha floating solar energy plant positioned within the Cirata Reservoir, in West Java, Indonesia.
Certainly one of a rising variety of floating photo voltaic installations worldwide which are constructing on present hydropower crops, the Cirata undertaking is able to delivering vitality to 50,000 Indonesia properties, says the corporate.
The Cirata plant undertaking is a collaboration between the Indonesian authorities, by PT PLN Nusantara Energy, and Abu Dhabi-based renewable vitality group Masdar. Working in collaboration with on-site engineers, ABB put in, examined and commissioned medium-voltage main air-insulated switchgear at Section 1 of the undertaking, which has a capability of 192 MWp.
Its anchoring and mooring reaches depths of 100 m within the Cirata Dam.
“We’re proud to be a part of this undertaking, which isn’t solely strategically essential for Indonesia but additionally units an instance for different world economies that want to bolster their decarbonization plans with floating photo voltaic expertise,” says ABB’s Ken Yap.
The floating solar energy plant was not too long ago inaugurated by the Indonesian President, Joko Widodo.
