Top 70 Floating Solar PV Plants in the World

By ogrepublic On Feb 4, 2017

By Ndubuisi Micheal Obineme

Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaic cells convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic effect.

Floating solar photovoltaic (PV) is an economical commercial technology that has exploded in popularity in the past years. The information below was compiled from a data posted by Solarplaza, event organizer of Solar Asset Management North America

Rank	Size (kw)	Name of reservior (lake) / Name of Plant	Country	City/Province	Operating from
1	20000	Coal mining subsidence area of Huainan City	China	Anhui Province	April, 2016
2	7500	Kawashima Taiyou to shizen no megumi Solarpark	Japan	Saitama	October, 2015
3	6338	Queen Elizabeth II reservoir	UK	London	March, 2016
4	3000	Otae Province	Sounth Korea	Sangju City Gyeongsang Bukdo	October, 2015
5	3000	Jipyeong Province	Sounth Korea	Sangju City Gyeongsang Bukdo	October, 2015
6	2991	Godley Reservoir Floating Solar PV	UK	Godley	January, 2016
7	2449	Tsuga Ike	Japan	Mie	August, 2016
8	2398	Sohara Ike	Japan	Mie	March, 2016
9	2313	Sakasama Ike	Japan	Hyogo	April, 2015
10	2000	Reservior in Kumagaya city	Japan	Saitama	December, 2014
11	2000	Kinuura Lumberyard	Japan	Aichi	February, 2016
12	2000	Yado Ooike (Sun Lakes Yado)	Japan	Hyogo	January, 2016
13	1751	Hirono Shinike	Japan	Hyogo	September, 2016
14	1708	Yakenoike	Japan	Hyogo	July, 2016
15	1700	Nishi Hiraike	Japan	Hyogo	April, 2015
16	1700	Hyogo No.9 Plant	Japan	Hyogo	April, 2015
17	1500	Kakogawa City	Japan	Hyogo	September, 2015
18	1485	Funatsu Ooike	Japan	Hyogo	September, 2015
19	1430	Kawahara Yama Solar Plant	Japan	Hyogo	December, 2015
20	1330	Mito City	Japan	Ibaraki	August, 2015
21	1260	Hira Ike	Japan	Hyogo	July, 2016
22	1212	Koube Ooike	Japan	Hyogo	May, 2016
23	1203	Ainoike	Japan	Hyogo	May, 2016
24	1200	Higashi Hiraike	Japan	Hyogo	April, 2015
25	1180	Solar on the water Okegawa	Japan	Saitama	July, 2013
26	1176	Kasai City	Japan	Hyogo	February, 2015
27	1153	Arashiyama floating solar plant	Japan	Saitama	September, 2015
28	1125	Hirai Ike	Japan	Nara	July, 2015
29	1098	Shimane Solar Power Yasugi	Japan	Shimane	November, 2014
30	1078	Nagaike Nishi Ike	Japan	Hyogo	March, 2016
31	1076	Fukuike	Japan	Hyogo	June, 2015
32	1008	Tokorozawa Ike	Japan	Hyogo	March, 2015
33	1000	DREAM Solar Float Kounoyama	Japan	Osaka	October, 2016
34	990	Kasai City	Japan	Hyogo	October, 2016
35	973	Kasaoka Jyubancho Reservior	Japan	Okayama	May, 2016
36	850	Maeno Ike	Japan	Hyogo	September, 2014
37	808	Sakurashita Ike	Japan	Hyogo	February, 2016
38	696	Kawagoe city	Japan	Saitama	June, 2014
39	631	Isawa Ike	Japan	Tokushima	October, 2016
40	630	Toriga Ike	Japan	Hyogo	February, 2016
41	528	Fukuchi machi	Japan	Fukuoka	August, 2015
42	504	Imandou Ike	Japan	Osaka	September, 2015
43	495	Ochang	Sounth Korea	Korea	February, 2015
44	490	Jyuman Ike	Japan	Hyogo	March, 2016
45	477	Napa Country Far NienteWinary	USA	California	2007
46	471	Polybell	UK		December, 2015
47	460	Aisai City	Japan	Aichi	December, 2015
48	400	Towa Yoshimi Solar Plant	Japan	Saitama	April, 2016
49	343	Pontecorvo	Italy	Italy	March, 2016
50	300	Rengeji Ike	Japan	Fukuoka	July, 2016
51	300	Ben Acre	UK	–	December, 2015
52	200	Sheepland farm	UK	–	August, 2014
53	108	Sungai Labu	Malaysia	–	November, 2015
54	59	Yoshioka Kaatsukijyou	Japan	Chiba	April, 2016
55	50	Reeders	UK	–	December, 2015
56	50	Eshkol reservoir	Israel	Jerusalem	October, 2014
57	48	Inogayaike Solar Plant	Japan	Hyogo	August, 2014
58	40	Yanagiike Solar Plant	Japan	Hyogo	January, 2014
59	25	Westpoort industrial estate	Netherlands	Groningen	March, 2016
60	22	Nofar	Israel	–	November, 2015
61	15	Piolenc	France	–	February, 2011
62	13	Bör	Sweden	–	December, 2015
63	10	Kunde Winery	USA	–	June, 2016
64	10	Rajarhat	India	West Bengal	January, 2015
65	6	Yoshiwaraike	Japan	Kagawa	November, 2014
66	5	Pond Gardens of Bishan Park	Singapore	Bishan	May,2013
67	5	Yothathikan	Thailand	Samut Songkhram	October, 2014
68	5	UFC Orlando	USA	–	March, 2016
69	5	Kas Green Energy Pilot	Indonesia	–	May, 2016
70	4	Wattco pilot	Netherlands	–	March, 2016