Construction starts on South Korea's Imha Dam floating solar plant

Power company Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has celebrated the groundbreaking of the Imha Dam Floating Solar Photovoltaic Energy Cluster Project.

The multi-purpose Imha Dam is an embankment dam on the Banbyeoncheon River in Gyeongsangbuk-do province, South Korea.

The project's capacity is 47MW, the largest in Korea for a floating photovoltaic facility on a multipurpose dam, according to a KHNP release.

The project is designed to allow around 4,500 locals within a 1km radius of the plant to share the profit from its power supply. Also, unique to the project is that the power generation facility will be built to resemble the Korean flag and Mugunghwa, Korea’s national flower.

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Sang-jo Yoon, head of KHNP’s Green Energy Business Division, commented: “We expect the Imha Dam’s Floating Photovoltaic Power Project to play a crucial role in achieving Korea’s carbon neutrality.

“We will cooperate closely with the national government, regional governments, K-water and locals for the project’s success.”

In December 2021, Imha Dam’s floating solar power project was selected as Korea’s first new renewable energy cluster, a renewable power plant with a generation volume of at least 40MW.

KHNP and K-water are co-developers of the project, with Top Solar acting as EPC.