Markets ⁄ Renewables
Floating Solar Engineering Consultants
ABL Group company Innosea is a pioneer in the development of floating solar PV (photovoltaic) farms, offering a comprehensive package of front end engineering, design and advisory services to support innovation and construction of this growing technology.
50
floating solar projects
9
countries
990 MWp
floating solar capacity
Our Floating Solar Engineering Expertise
The Group has successfully evolved its service offering and in-house capabilities at pace with the rapidly developing floating solar PV market, and has been invited to join four multinational Research & Development (‘R&D’) projects:
- INTERREG North-West Europe – Marine Energy Alliance
- Trust-PV
- BOOST Project
- DNVGL Floating Solar JIP
Floating PV Services
Combining our technical excellence in the engineering and design of marine renewable energy sources, with the wider Group’s long-term legacy in de-risking marine operations, ABL Group is perfectly placed to provide comprehensive technical support on floating solar farms in all types of locations: reservoirs, quarry lakes, open water etc.
Core floating solar services include:
- Owners’ Engineering
- Engineering & Design
- Expertise & Numerical Modelling of dynamic behaviour under wind and wave loads
We work closely with renewable teams across the Group and Longitude Engineering to provide market-leading support at every stage of a floating solar PV farm’s life-cycle – from early concept and planning, through to operations and maintenance:
Floating Solar PV Farms Design
- Management & Supervision
- Control room
- Production optimisation
- Annual Energy Production
- Logistics design
Planning & Permitting
- Concept Development Pre-FEED
- Environmental Monitoring & Impact Assessment
- Navigation Risk Assessments in support of EIA
- Human Impact Assessment
Site Conditions
- Site Selection and layout
- GHI, wind and wave, current, soil survey
- Annual energy production
- Developer and/or financier support
- FEED
Floating Solar PV Farms Construction
Floater
- Suitability review
- Selection and interaction with AEP and mooring design
- Tender specifications
- Package management
Floater
- Suitability review
- Selection and interaction with AEP and mooring design
- Tender specifications
- Package management
- Technical Due Diligence
- HSEQ
Transport & Installation
- Marine Warranty Survey services
- Tender specifications
- Package management
- Marine engineering
- Cable installation, routing, in-place
