American utility and telecoms company Empresas Publicas de Medellín ( EPM ) is to build a 368 kWh floating solar pilot project on one of its reservoirs. EPM said the project will be the first floating solar project in Spanish -speaking Latin America , comprising 145 50 kWh floating units, and one panels, at the EPM reservoir, with the aim of producing 145 MWh annually . In Jamaica, the local oil company, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica is now conducting a feasibility study for a project at the water reservoir of Mona, while in Panama a 10 MW project is being planned for the Panama Canal. “We seek to verify if floating solar panels offer a higher performance of more than 10% or 15% compared to traditional systems”, said EPM ’s Managing Director, Jorge Londoño De la Cuesta .
American utility and telecoms company Empresas Publicas de Medellín ( EPM ) is to build a 368 kWh floating solar pilot project on one of its reservoirs. EPM said the project will be the first floating solar project in Spanish -speaking Latin America , comprising 145 50 kWh floating units, and one panels, at the EPM reservoir, with the aim of producing 145 MWh annually . “We seek to verify if floating solar panels offer a higher performance of more than 10% or 15% compared to traditional systems”, said EPM ’s Managing Director, Jorge Londoño De la Cuesta .