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Tuesday, June 04 2019 - 20:05
AsiaNet
GCL and Ocean Sun Sign Partnership Deal
SHANGHAI, June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/

GCL System and Ocean Sun are to cooperate on the development of a PV module for 
Ocean Sun's floating solar solution and floating solar utilities. The 
partnership was announced at a signing ceremony held on June 4 at the SNEC 
during the PV Power Expo 2019. 

Photo - https://photos.prnasia.com/prnh/20190604/2486357-1
(Ocean Sun - GCL System Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony) 

The floating PV market is a significant growth market. The World Bank has 
identified a TW potential for floating solar on human-made reservoirs alone.

The GCL and Ocean Sun technology partnership will optimise a PV module for the 
floating solution. The reach and production capacity of GCL manufacturing 
operations will facilitate rapid deployment for Ocean Sun.

"Establishing a technology and development partnership with GCL is a major 
milestone for Ocean Sun, and will enable optimisation of the technology for 
large scale deployment. We are very pleased with having GCL as a partner, and 
look forward to taking floating solar to the next level," says Oyvind Rohn, CEO 
and Borge Bjorneklett, Chairman and CTO of Ocean Sun.

About Ocean Sun:
Ocean Sun is a developer of technology for floating PV systems. The company has 
proprietary technology based on photovoltaic panels mounted on a hydro-elastic 
membrane that minimizes the use of materials and enables direct cooling of the 
PV cells, increasing production efficiency. Ocean Sun has since 2017 operated 
several pilot and demonstration facilities in Europe and Asia. 
https://www.oceansun.no 

About GCL System:
GCL System is part of the GCL Group, a global energy conglomerate, China's 
largest non-state owned Energy Company with a focus on new energy, clean energy 
and related services. GCL System Integration currently has operations all over 
the world and has five module production bases in mainland China and one in 
Vietnam, with a production capacity of 6GW, and an additional 2GW of 
high-efficiency battery capacity, making it a world-class module producer. 
https://www.gclsi.com/

SOURCE: GCL System



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