From consultation to commissioning in just 6-8 weeks - 10x faster than traditional floating solar
Site assessment, energy needs analysis, and system design. Our team evaluates your water body and determines optimal placement for your floating solar array.
Choose your Gen3 floating solar kit size (from 10kW to 500kW+) and select recommended components including inverters, cables, and anchoring systems.
Electrical permit for shore connection runs concurrently with kit preparation. For qualifying private, non-jurisdictional water bodies, this is often the primary permit needed.
Your pre-engineered FloatSolar Gen3 kit ships from our facility and arrives at your location, ready for assembly.
Assembly and deployment of your floating solar structure. Marine-grade components designed for fast, straightforward installation.
Final electrical connections, system testing, and grid interconnection. Your floating solar system goes live.
Since Sackett v. EPA (2023), many privately owned, isolated ponds are non-jurisdictional, meaning no Clean Water Act §404 or Rivers and Harbors Act §10 permit applies. Traditional floating solar projects on jurisdictional waters can require 12-18 months of environmental permits.
Gen3 floating solar kits ship immediately from inventory - no custom design time required like traditional systems.
Shore electrical permits happen concurrently with kit preparation, cutting weeks off the timeline.
Modular design with marine-grade components enables rapid on-water assembly by trained installers.
Traditional Floating Solar Timeline: 18-27 months
FloatSolar Timeline: 6-8 weeks
That's up to 10x faster deployment for qualifying private ponds
Traditional floating photovoltaic (FPV) installations require extensive environmental impact assessments, wetland permits, Army Corps of Engineers approval, and often state-level environmental review. This process typically takes 18-27 months before a single panel can be installed.
Following Sackett v. EPA (2023), "waters of the United States" is now limited to relatively permanent standing or flowing waters and wetlands with a continuous surface connection to such waters. As a result, a privately owned, isolated stormwater retention pond, process pond, irrigation pond, or quarry lake is frequently non-jurisdictional and non-navigable - meaning no Clean Water Act §404 permit and no Rivers and Harbors Act §10 permit applies. This is what removes 18-24 months from a traditional floating solar timeline. Whether this applies depends on the specific water body and state, and local building permits, electrical permits, and utility interconnection requirements still apply. FloatSolar offers a free jurisdictional pre-screen: send us your pond's location and we'll tell you, in writing, which permits apply to your site and which don't.
FloatSolar systems can be installed by qualified solar contractors with marine experience, or through our network of certified wholesale partners. We provide comprehensive installation training and technical support for every project.
For qualifying private, non-jurisdictional ponds, the full process from consultation to commissioning typically takes 6-8 weeks, roughly 10x faster than traditional floating solar projects that require federal wetlands permitting.
The process runs through six phases: consultation and planning, kit selection, shore permitting, kit delivery, on-water installation, and commissioning, with shore electrical permits typically processed in parallel with kit preparation.
It depends on your water body. Since Sackett v. EPA (2023), many privately owned, isolated ponds are non-jurisdictional, meaning no Clean Water Act Section 404 or Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10 permit applies. Local building, electrical and utility interconnection requirements still apply, and we offer a free jurisdictional pre-screen to confirm your site's status.
FloatSolar systems can be installed by qualified solar contractors with marine experience or through our network of certified wholesale partners, backed by comprehensive installation training and technical support.