SolarDuck’s Tokyo Bay floating solar plant stands strong in the face of severe weather

Dutch-Norwegian firm SolarDuck unveiled that the Teal offshore photovoltaic (OFPV) demonstration plant in Tokyo Bay, Japan, had endured its first severe weather test.

Typhoon Ampil passed near Tokyo on Friday, August 16, bringing high winds and heavy rain.

According to SolarDuck, this demonstrates the resilience of the technology in severe weather. SolarDuck said its design had proven effective against typhoons, validating its reliability for Japan and the APAC region, which frequently encounter such conditions.

“We look forward to the continued cooperation with our partner Tokyu Land Corporation,” said SolarDuck in a social media post.

In May, SolarDuck and Tokyo’s Tokyu Land Corporation, together with Kyocera Communication Systems, installed what is said to be Japan’s first offshore floating solar photovoltaic (OFSPV) power plant on the sea surface.

This was an initiative of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Policy Planning Bureau, named the Tokyo Bay eSG Project. Aiming to realize the world’s energy generation and transmission from the Tokyo Bay Area, this project is a demonstration project by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

In terms of the most recent news coming from SolarDuck, the company, in partnership with offshore wind developer RWE, installed its offshore photovoltaic (OFPV) project, Merganser, at the North Sea Farmers offshore test site in the Dutch North Sea this July.