Offshore floating solar PV company SolarDuck of Dutch-Norwegian origin and real estate firm Tokyu Land Corporation have commissioned an offshore solar PV demonstration plant in Tokyo, calling it the country's 1st such installation.
The plant is located on the sea surface as part of the Tokyo Bay eSG Project of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Policy Planning Bureau. Through this project, the local government targets to realize renewable energy generation and transmission from the Tokyo Bay Area.
The project has a rated capacity of 80 kW to 100 kW. The renewable energy generated by the installation will be used to power Open Street Corporation's electric mobility vehicles and to power and navigate an electric boat.
Power from the plant installed in the central breakwater area will be stored in storage batteries installed on land with around 60 kW capacity. It can be transferred to mobile batteries to power future events and electric mobility vehicles in Takeshiba and other bay areas, they add.
The success of this project will prompt the companies to create an urban model based on local production for local consumption and expand it to the rest of Japan and abroad.