Vertical Floating PV Plant Comes Online in Germany
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German company launches first vertical floating power plant on Bavarian lake • Its east-west oriented panels generate electricity all day • Saves up to 70% of costs and improves the local aquatic ecosystem


Vertical floating PV plant comes online in Germany
Sinn Power has deployed a 1.8 MW vertical solar array on a quarry lake in the Bavarian municipality of Gilching. The company highlights the ecological benefits of the vertical system configuration and, perhaps surprisingly, its high resistance to storms.From pv magazine Germany German developer Sinn Power has announced the completion of what it claims to be the world’s largest floating photovoltaic plant featuring vertically oriented solar panel…
On an excavator lake in Gilching, Sinn Power, with its 1.87 megawatt project, operates the world's first plant of this type. The company praises the ecological advantages of its special design and, at first sight, the high storm resistance.Vertically arranged solar modules have to be fixed very solidly because they are exposed to high wind loads. The "SKipp Float" system developed by Sinn Power from Gauting (Bavaria), on the other hand, offers s…
On 10 October 2025, SINN Power GmbH celebrates the inauguration of the world's first vertically floating photovoltaic system on a dredging lake in the
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