The Netherlands, known for its technological innovations related to the environment and sustainability, is launching a project that will increase its clean energy matrix: the construction of the first floating solar power plant on the planet. The Zon-op-Zee (“Sun in the Sea”) plant will be built entirely on the sea. Brazil, China and the United Kingdom have already built solar plants on water surfaces, but they did so on lakes.
The Zon-op-Zee plant will take three years to build and is expected to be completed by 2022. The project is a partnership between the private sector, specialized research centers in the Netherlands and the European Union, and the government of Amsterdam.
