EPM has run an R&D center for solar energy since 2013. Colombian utility and telecoms company Empresas Publicas de Medellín (EPM) is to build a 100 kWh floating solar pilot project on one of its reservoirs. The project, which will be the first in Latin America, will use an array of photovoltaic panels that can generate electricity for up to eight hours per day. “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.
Colombian utility and telecoms company Empresas Publicas de Medellín (EPM) is to build a 100 kWh floating solar pilot project on one of its reservoirs. The project, which will be the first in Latin America, will use an array of photovoltaic panels that can generate electricity for up to eight hours per day. “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.