Working at Laketricity is like having a crystal ball…

About a decade ago, years before my joining Laketricity, I remember sitting at a kitchen table with a husband and wife in their NY home. My job was to assure them that putting solar on their rooftop was a smart and safe investment. But when they insisted on seeing another rooftop installation in their neighborhood, there were none to be found. Yet, today, in that same NY suburb, rooftop solar is everywhere you look.??

This picture of George Wissing was taken from a French TV report entitled ?? Solar energy : America ambitious plan?? which was released in november 2021.

By joining Laketricity a few years ago, then as first US-based floating solar (FPV) development employee, my goal was to go back in time where the vast majority of the solar opportunity was ahead of me. And considering that NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) predicts that 9.6% of the US electrical load will be generated by FPV, I believe I did just that.???

Laketricity is the fully-owned development arm of Ciel et Terre, the leading manufacturer of the patented Hydrelio floating solar system. With a parent company with over 1 210 MWs of FPV experience and 245 projects, being supported by expert engineers, dedicated lines of finance and advanced software tools, I couldn’t imagine being in a better ground-floor position to capitalize on the growing FPV market.?

Rooftop, ground mount and car port solar has exploded so it doesn’t take a clairvoyant to see that FPV will do the same. With the vast amount of underutilized water surfaces in the USA untapped, it doesn’t take a crystal ball to know that my future at Laketricity looks bright.

George Wissing - Senior Project Developer, Laketricity USA