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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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Greenbacker Capital enters floating solar market

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

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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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...

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Industry Contribution

Make the industry cleaner and safer by a multidisciplinary approach

Reducing the carbon intensity is the main theme for the Maritime industry. The International Maritim...

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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
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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
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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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Industry Contribution

Outwitting technical limits – Designing the blueprint for MARIN’s Zero Emissions Lab

In 2017, the Maritime Research Institute Nederland (MARIN) started researching the concept of a Zero...

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  • Research & Development
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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
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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
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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
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Industry Contribution

Heavy Lift, Light Impact: Industry Looks to Heavy Lift Cranes for Sustainable Solutions

As the demand for sustainable technology grows in the offshore heavy lift industry so does the need ...

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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
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Simulation tool to optimise yield from offshore floating solar plants

Scientists from Malta have developed and verified a simulation tool that can help developers assess ...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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Fred. Olsen 1848 emerges, targets floating wind and solar

Norway’s Bounheur ASA has established a new company, Fred. Olsen 1848, dedicated to developing...

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  • Technology
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Innosea joins 240MW floating solar project in Laos

Innosea has been appointed a technical advisor to the engineering team for one of the world’s larges...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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Statkraft gives go-ahead for reconstruction of Albania’s floating solar unit

Statkraft has approved the reconstruction of the floating solar unit in Albania after suffering seve...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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Solential Energy to bring floating solar to American Midwest

U.S.-based renewable energy developer Solential Energy has selected French company Ciel & Terre ...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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Oceans of Energy plans twentyfold scale-up of floating solar plant in North Sea

Dutch offshore floating solar specialist Oceans of Energy has announced the upscaling of the world&#...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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World’s largest hydro-floating solar hybrid comes online in Thailand

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), a state-owned enterprise, has put the 45MW ...

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  • Business Developments & Projects
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