Golf Course de Texelse Goes for Second Solar Park on Freshwater

De Cocksdorp, January 15, 2024 - Golf Course De Texelse is opting for a second solar park on freshwater. This project follows a positive evaluation on the first installation. The second project is directly connected to the park's power supply for its own use. Surplus power is supplied back to the grid.

Many innovations are taking place on Texel, partly as a result of overloading the power grid and storing freshwater. The fresh water stored in the water basins at the golf course is used to spray the course in the summer. After a positive experience with the first basin, a second one is now being developed.

More independence

The second project has a different approach and will be used primarily for the park's own supply. Humfrey Disco, Technical Marketing Manager SolarEdge: "Now, the generated energy from the first floating system is fed directly into the public grid, but in the second phase, the generated energy from both the first floating project and the expansion of the second floating project will be fed directly into the energy grid of the vacation park itself. This will be realized by connecting the transformer station from the two floating PV systems directly into the vacation park's 10kV power grid. To realize this connection, the necessary conduits have already been installed over a distance of 1.2 km. In this way, the vacation park will be less dependent on the public grid."

Innovation with safety in mind

The driving force behind the project is Nicol Schermer of Texel4Trading. "I am involved in many solar energy projects in the region. Not in every case are you sure what the outcome will be in innovation. Because we develop things that have not been done before. Then it's all the nicer that when it works and is even chosen for expansion. The choice of solar power on a two basin is something we applaud greatly. Safety is just very important. SolarEdge's hardware and software do what is expected and that is essential, especially on water. The inverters with optimizers switch back to 1 volt voltage in case of problems. And in case of bird droppings on a panel, the output of the whole system is not as bad as the panel with droppings. We are now getting requests from home and abroad for many applications on water basins. You see now that solar energy on freshwater basins is really increasing as a solution. A side effect of the construction on the basins is that the evaporation of the freshwater is 30% less than when there are no solar panels on it. Also, installing a floating system benefits water quality. The two installations together account for 1.5 megawatts."

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