World’s largest floating solar plant to open in London

Posted on 9 Mar 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
A rendering of the floating solar PV array. Image courtesy of Thames Water.

This month will see the opening of the world’s largest floating solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in London.

Built for Thames Water, and located in the Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) reservoir, the plant will help the company generate a targeted one-third of its power needs by 2020. The plant itself is made up of 23,000 individual photovoltaic panels held on the reservoir’s surface by a series of pontoons. Once up and running, the…

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