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Utilities team up to build New Zealand's first ever floating solar array

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The array will be located on a wastewater treatment pond.

The project is a collaboration between two utilities, the Vector Group and Watercare.Pierre Longnus | The Image Bank | Getty Images

The project is a collaboration between two utilities, the Vector Group and Watercare. The system will use over 2,700 solar panels and 3,000 floating pontoons. "It's the first time floating solar will be seen in New Zealand and the first megawatt-scale solar project to be confirmed," Simon Mackenzie, the CEO of the Vector Group, said in a statement.

Solar power only makes up a small proportion of New Zealand's total electricity generation, less than 0.2% according to the Energy in New Zealand 2018 report from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

 

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