Five key components will beare being improved and validated with accelerated stress and lifetime testing: 

• floating platform 

• floating array 

• PV-modules 

• transformer 

• dynamic power export cable  

 

At three testing facilities, these key components are tested and improved to validate lifetime performance and reliability in rough offshore environments. The three testing campaigns contribute to the development of industry guidelines and standards for offshore solar components.  

• At MARIN, an understanding of the hydrodynamic behaviour of a 1km² offshore solar system is developed with a scale model in MARIN’s Shallow Water Basin 

• At Fraunhofer, mature PV module integration solutions for offshore solar installations are tested with accelerated lifetime testing in Fraunhofer-CSP’s Climate Chamber 

• At SIRRIS, the performance of the dynamic floating substation in an offshore environment is assessed through SIRRIS’ Large Climate Test Chamber