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Posted: 11 months ago

HelioRec forms consortium to develop floating solar plant for aquaculture sector

French start-up HelioRec has formed consortium with +ATLANTIC CoLAB to develop a floating solar proj...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: 11 months ago
Posted: 11 months ago

Ocean Sun, Statkraft reinstall 500kWp floating solar unit in Albania

Europe’s largest renewable energy generator Statkraft and its partner Ocean Sun have completed the r...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: 11 months ago
Posted: 11 months ago

German partners build 3MWp floating solar plant

German renewable energy company BayWa r.e. is finalizing construction of a 3MWp floating solar plant...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: 11 months ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

UK government's reforms to CfD scheme focus on supply chains

The UK government has launched consultation on changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme ...

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  • Authorities & Government
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Brand new 14.7MWp floating solar plant emerges in France

Canadian renewable energy developer Boralex has commissioned its first floating solar farm in southe...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Ocean Sun appoints new interim CFO

Norwegian floating solar developer Ocean Sun has appointed Roar Jakobsen as its interim chief financ...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

BELECTRIC set to build 16.8MW floating solar plant in Israel

German-based company BELECTRIC has secured a contract to build a 16.8MWp floating solar power plant ...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago
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Yield identified as key cost reduction driver for HelioRec floating solar tech

Under the auspices of the Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) project, a French start-up HelioRec worked to...

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  • Market outlooks
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Greenbacker Capital enters floating solar market

Sustainable infrastructure investor Greenbacker Capital has made an equity investment in California-...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

HelioRec installs floating solar pilot in Belgian port

French start-up HelioRec has installed a floating solar power plant in the Port of Oostende in Belgi...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
  • long read
Posted: about 1 year ago

Offshore floating renewables a ‘gamechanger’ for island energy transitions, study finds

Novel renewable energy technologies, such as offshore floating solar and wave power, in combination ...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Industry Contribution
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Climate goals: wait for a stricter agreement or take responsibility?

Every time there is research done on CO2 pollution by a prominent university or leading indepen...

Posted: about 1 year ago
Industry Contribution
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Damen FCS 5009 m/v Leonardo gets an upgrade that defies the roll of the sea

In a continuous effort to integrate revolutionizing products and ideas into the offshore crew and ca...

Posted: about 1 year ago
  • energy transition
Posted: about 1 year ago
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In focus: Net-zero future initiatives gathering momentum amid restrictions imposed by raging pandemic

Building a sustainable future in a pandemic-ridden world is no easy feat as it brings out many chall...

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  • Transition
Posted: about 1 year ago
  • long read
Posted: about 1 year ago

Top energy transition trends to watch in 2022, as seen by Westwood

Westwood Energy and its energy transition team gave us their views on the main trends that oil and g...

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  • Transition
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

East India’s state of Odisha set for 500MW of new floating solar plants

NHPC, India’s largest hydropower company, has signed promoters agreement with Green Energy Developme...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Industry Contribution

DUPI – tackling the challenges of insuring offshore energy

Maritime insurance undoubtedly plays a critical role in the offshore energy industry. And because th...

Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

HelioRec explores linking floating solar with AI

French start-up HelioRec has teamed up with information technology company Digital Dood to explore l...

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  • Innovation
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

China commissions 320MW floating solar power plant

Chinese electric power company Huaneng Power International has put into operation a 320MW floating s...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Dutch investor Meewind joins Oceans of Energy’s floating solar project

Dutch umbrella investment fund Meewind has joined Oceans of Energy’s project as an observer to provi...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Industry Contribution

Pushing the limits of offshore wind farm installation and transportation

With the rapid increasing size of Wind Turbine Generators (WTG’s), the transportation and installati...

Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Van Oord to use floating solar to power unmanned survey vessels

Dutch maritime giant Van Oord has signed a partnership agreement with floating solar specialist Heli...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

SINN Power launches floating solar solution for calm waters

German company SINN Power has launched its new floating photovoltaic (PV) solution – the Water...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

China links 550MW floating solar-aquaculture project to grid

The Wenzhou Taihan 550MW project, which combines floating solar with aquaculture, has been officiall...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

AqualisBraemar LOC takes the reigns at Innosea

AqualisBraemar LOC Group has taken the full ownership of engineering, design and R&D consulting ...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Floating solar – an opportunity for all in the value chain, Deloitte finds

All energy ecosystem players have an opportunity to tap into floating solar industry’s emergin...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Industry majors streamlining offshore floating solar system for Belgian North Sea

Involving major offshore industry names – like DEME, Jan de Nul, and Tractebel – the MPV...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Dutch look into flexible floating solar systems for offshore application

A consortium led by Dutch research institute TNO has launched a study into flexible floating solar e...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: about 1 year ago

Swimsol grabs $14M loan for rooftop and floating solar in the Maldives

Austrian solar energy developer Swimsol has secured $14 million loan from the Swiss sustainable asse...

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  • Business developments & projects
Posted: about 1 year ago