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5 years ago

First floating solar project installed at India's Cochin Airport

The project has 450kW capacity.

Ciel Et Terre’s India subsidiary Ciel Et Terre Solar Pvt. Ltd. (CTSP) has installed its first 450 kW floating solar project at Cochin Airport’s CIAL golf course, Mercom India reported. This is the first installed Hydrelio floating photovoltaic project in the country.

Cochin Airport Authority Limited (CIAL) implemented the project, with Sterling Wilson as the engineering procurement construction (EPC) service provider.

According to a company statement, installing the initial 100 kW demonstration project in May, to a delegation visiting the airport for International Solar Alliance, took less than two weeks.

“The primary challenge is that the floating solar projects are for 25 years. The variation in the water level and the undercurrent of the water also pose challenges,” CTSP senior vice president Deepak Ushadevi said to Mercom.

Its next project in the pipeline is the 5.4 MW floating project in West Bengal to be completed between October and November, Ushadevi said.

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