China Aluminum Group's First Floating Solar Power Plant Begins Operation

Recently, China Aluminum Group Co., Ltd. (CHALCO)'s first floating PV power station on water successfully achieved grid connection and began generating electricity, setting a new benchmark for the industry's green transformation.

The project makes full use of about 41,000 square metres of water in the red mud pond backwater pool to build a floating solar power plant. With a total installed capacity of 4.35 MW, the plant operates on a model where most of the electricity is used on-site, with excess power being fed into the grid. It is connected to the grid at a voltage level of 10 kV and is expected to generate 4.8 million kWh of green electricity annually, meeting the power needs of the red mud filter press workshop and improving resource efficiency.

The plant’s entire lifecycle is projected to produce 120 million kWh of electricity, saving 48,000 tons of standard coal and reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 120,000 tons. The accumulated ecological benefits are equivalent to the carbon fixation capacity of 268 hectares of forest.