Seychelles to Launch Africa''s Largest Floating
By mid-2025, Seychelles is poised to take a significant leap in renewable energy with the launch of its first floating solar farm—the
The project includes an energy storage system with a capacity of 5MW and 3.3 megawatt-hours (MWh), allowing for the safe and stable supply of electricity from the PV power plant to the main island of Mahé and further increasing the resilience of the national grid of the Seychelles.
The Seychelles currently relies on fossil fuels, which account for around 20 percent of its imports, to meet its electricity demand. It is estimated the Ile de Romainville solar project will save approximately 2 million liters of fuel annually.
The project was financed by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), and is being developed by Masdar and the Seychelles' Public Utilities Corporation (PUC). The PV array is specifically designed to maximise the use of available land, while allowing for maintenance of the wind turbines and minimising any shading losses resulting from them.
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