Drones will send energy from a floating solar farm

Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck plans to build the first offshore floating solar farm as part of

eSG project in Tokyo Bay. The panel batteries will be stored and transported back to shore by unmanned sailing vessels.

As mentioned in Solar Duck's press release, the project aims to introduce green technologies to realize local energy production and consumption in the Tokyo Bay area.

Tokyo Bay. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

According to Recharge News, SolarDuck hopes to build an 88 kW floating solar system with mooring cables in the Tokyo Bay area by the first quarter of 2024.

Japanese authorities are developing the Tokyo Bay projecteSG is a mini-city in Tokyo Bay. Earlier, Deputy Governor of Tokyo, Manabu Miyasaka, put forward the idea to build a city on reclaimed land in a deserted part of Tokyo Bay, more than 50 organizations have joined the project.

SolarDuck BV is an offshore floating solar energy company based between the Netherlands and Norway.

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