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 .
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. EPM said the project will be the first floating solar project in Spanish-speaking Latin America, comprising two 50 kWh floating units, and 368 panels, at the Peñol-Guatapé 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.