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Europe’s Largest Floating Solar Farm Underway in Netherlands

  • Germany’s Baywa is building a 27 MW solar farm on Dutch lake
  • Floating technology increases space for green power generation

BayWa AG's Bomhofsplas floating solar farm in the Netherlands.

Source: BayWa AG

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German renewable energy developer Baywa r.e. has begun constructing what will be the largest floating solar farm outside of China.

The 27-megawatt Bomhofsplas solar farm is set to include 73,000 solar panels on a sandpit lake in Zwolle in the Netherlands, the company said in a statement. For places like Northern Europe where land is in tight supply, floating technology could open up new areas for renewable energy development.