Laketricity Japan Co, Ltd (Ciel & Terre International Group) developed a floating solar power plant and began selling electricity to Benten Numa, Saitama Prefecture on July 2024.
Laketricity’s scope for this project include project development & management, stakeholder consultation & building permit issuance, PPA negotiation & financing, construction assistance & supervision, operation & asset management and maintenance.
The benefits and technical details of the Benten Numa floating solar power plant
The plant has a power generation capacity of 1,490 kWp and it is expected to produce 1,747MWh of electricity in its first year.
It is equipped with 665 W panels from Canadian Solar and it counts 2240 modules. The electricity produced is equivalent to the electricity production of around 338 households. In addition, the renewable energy produced will avoid the emission of 745 tonnes of CO2 in its first year, compared with non-renewable energy production.
“Benten Numa project is typically why Floating solar was invented. Generating electricity in dense and populated areas with no land usage conflict. This project is in the industrial and commercial outskirts of Tokyo megacity where each m2 is valued either for agriculture, industry or residential.”
– Olivier Philippart, Deputy Managing Director in charge of Operations
What role will Laketricity play in the future?
Laketricity actively pursues the development of technologies that can be adapted to a wide range of regions and conditions. The company is also committed to promoting a stable energy supply and contributing to the needs of local communities by expanding the development of floating solar energy production facilities.
About Laketricity
Laketricity, the development arm of the Ciel & Terre International Group, is fully dedicated to C&I and utility scale FPV projects development. The company ambition is to promote and accelerate solar projects development taking into account environment constraints and biodiversity by providing innovative and customized solutions. Laketricity has gathered a large and reliable technical background, finding the best solutions to develop all type of solar projects.
Author : Miki Muto
