Statkraft resumed operations at the first unit of its floating solar plant in Banja reservoir in southeastern Albania, according to Norwegian floating solar technology developer Ocean Sun, which built the unit.
In Junelast year, the floating ring with membrane and two connected barges, which were damaged and partly submerged. The cause of the incident was not disclosed.
The first unit covers nearly 4,000 sqm and has an installed capacity of 500 kWp, with almost 1,600 solar panels. Statkraft intends to install additional three floating units with a combined capacity of 1.5 MWp at the Banja reservoir.
The solar power plant project has a total investment cost of about EUR 2 million.
