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  • Solar boat makes Atlantic history

    29 March 2007

    A five-strong Swiss crew have sailed into history by completing the first solar-powered transatlantic crossing. The Sun21 catamaran arrived in Miami late on Thursday, 117 days after leaving Seville in southern Spain.

  • All aboard for solar boat trial

    26 April 2006

    Scotland’s first national park is searching for groups to board a pioneering solar powered boat for a hi-tech cruise on Loch Lomond. A series of trial cruises will run throughout the summer to test the vessel, called Ecosol II, on the loch. The national park wants people of all ages to take part and volunteers […]

  • Singapore LNG goes solar with Total

    16 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG) and Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) have signed an agreement for solar power to be implemented at the Singapore LNG terminal on Jurong Island.

  • Floating Solar to Be Tested in Mediterranean Sea

    20 August 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    Kim Trapani, Energy Researcher at MIRARCO in Sudbury, Canada, has been working on the development of a floating solar system, Canadian media writes. The system will be tested next year in the Mediterranean Sea near Malta. It is made of flexible solar panels, so they can be easily bent, which makes them move with the […]

  • Valenciaport boosts investment in solar power

    3 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Spanish Valenciaport has approved the second photovoltaic plant project to be located on the Valencia Terminal Europa vehicle storage facility, in line with its target of becoming a zero-emission port by 2030.

  • Congressman Nolan Assigned to Key Subcommittees

    27 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    House Democratic leaders have appointed U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan to four key subcommittees that direct the nation’s air, rail, highway, water and pipeline safety policies. As the only member of the Minnesota delegation on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Nolan will serve on the following subcommittees:   – Highways and Transit, which has […]

  • Floating solar takes on high seas

    6 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Offshore solar energy systems are an emerging application in which photovoltaic (PV) systems are installed directly over bodies of water. Floating solar photovoltaic is a subset of that technology in which PV panels are mounted on buoyant substructures. PV panel technology is similar to traditional ground-mounted PV, except the panels rest on a platform usually […]

  • Portsmouth Port powers up with solar

    14 August 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Storage, Technology, Transition

    Portsmouth International Port has completed the installation of its new solar and battery system which is now fully operational. The system is comprised of 2,660 solar panels, providing an impressive 35% of the site’s electricity, enabling the port to move one step closer to becoming one of the UK’s first net carbon-neutral ports. The solar […]

  • Tim Nolan Taking the Reins of TOTE

    21 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Tim Nolan has been named the next President and CEO of TOTE Inc., the parent company to TOTE Maritime and TOTE Services. Nolan, who currently serves as the President of TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, has been with the TOTE family of companies since 2013. He will take over the helm July 16 from Anthony Chiarello […]

  • Stena Line Opts for Solar Solve

    13 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Solar Solve Marine has recently received a large order for 38 class approved roller screens to be installed at the navigation bridge of the M/S Stena Feronia – a Passenger / Vehicle Ferry owned and operated by Stena Line. The vessel was built at Cantiere Navale Visentini in Italy and launched in 1996. Originally named […]

  • Norway’s northernmost floating solar plant to power fish farm

    25 February 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Vision

    Norwegian renewable energy firm Alotta, in collaboration with compatriot fish farming company Emilsen Fisk, is installing a floating solar power plant at the latter’s facility in Båfjordstranda, making it the “world’s northernmost floating solar power plant.” According to Alotta, the project, backed by Norwegian state enterprise Enova, aims to reduce reliance on diesel generators in […]

  • Solana Beach Replenishment Halted (USA)

    8 November 2012

    After the explosion of an onshore pipe at the Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach on Wednesday evening, the replenishment project was halted. SANDAG spokeswoman Colleen Windsor stated: “Fortunately no one was hurt and a full investigation has been launched to find out the cause of the accident.” SANDAG, which is coordinating the $28.5 million Regional […]

  • HollandMT Develops Solar-Powerpack (The Netherlands)

    31 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    HollandMT has announced that they developed the Solar-Powerpack for the purpose of the remote hydraulic power-requirements. This 12V DC -electric driven powerpack provides hydraulic power to remotely located equipment which is not continuously operated or only at lengthy time intervals, such as hydraulic operated sand-fill valves in dredging disposal areas. The Solar-Powerpack provides a mobile […]

  • Solar-powered catamaran to break record

    1 October 2010

    The 31-metre solar-powered, carbon fibre wavepiercer catamaran ‘Turanor Planet Solar’, designed by New Zealand’s LOMOcean Design, departed Monaco on September 27 on the first leg of a world tour intended to highlight sustainable energy.

  • Dubai Eyes Floating Solar Plants

    11 June 2019
    Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for appointing consultants to study, develop and construct floating solar photovoltaic plants in the Arabian Gulf. This is a new and innovative initiative by DEWA to use solar power that supports the objectives of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 (DCES 2050) […]

  • Floating Solar System Installed in Lancashire

    26 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    A solar system has been anchored on the Langthwaite Reservoir in Lancashire, UK, by Northern Pontoon using a 3,000kg working load limit (WLL) lightweight gantry crane from Reid Lifting. The floating array features approximately 3,700 pontoon modules and 3,520 solar panels. The 7,200 square-meter system will provide a megawatt of power, equivalent to the needs […]

  • Sea-Cargo retrofitting RoRo pair to cut fossil fuel use by up to 50%

    3 April 2025
    Infrastructure, Transition, Vessels

    Norwegian shipowner Sea-Cargo has decided to remodel two of its roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ships in an effort to achieve a reduction of 50% in fossil fuel consumption.

  • Floating solar in Portugal could exceed national target for solar energy of 7GW, new research finds

    15 May 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Researchers from the University of Évora have found that the installed capacity of floating solar systems in Portugal could exceed the national target for solar energy of 7GW, defined in the country’s National Energy and Climate Plan (PNEC) 2030.

  • New York sets sights on floating solar

    9 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    Congressmen Paul Tonko and Jared Huffman of the State of New York have introduced a bill that will support research and deployment of floating solar technology with the aim of producing renewable energy and protecting vital water resources.

  • HelioRec explores linking floating solar with AI

    5 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    French start-up HelioRec has teamed up with information technology company Digital Dood to explore linking floating solar technology with artificial intelligence (AI) to address various blue economy challenges.

  • Floating solar construction to start off Singapore

    7 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Transition

    One of the world’s first and largest sea water floating solar systems is set for completion later this year in Singapore. From 10 September to 31 December, installation of a floating solar farm west of Senoko Fishery Port will take place. The company behind the project is Sunseap Group, Southeast Asia’s leading sustainable energy provider. […]

  • Novacavi prototype for floating solar power plant

    23 September 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    Italian cabling specialist Novacavi has recently developed and manufactured a prototype of a custom-engineered cable solution for an innovative floating solar electricity system for marine environment installed in Oslo fjord, Norway. Being challenged by its specific permanent application on top of floating fully supported solar panels above water level, Novacavi managed to engineer a water-blocked […]

  • EIS/EIR Prepared for Encinitas and Solana Projects

    19 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    A Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) has been prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, City of Solana Beach & City of Encinitas Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project to identify and evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project. The EIS is being filed with the Environmental Protection Agency and is […]

  • Belco Eyes Solar and Wind Power (Bermuda)

    28 January 2011

    Belco representatives said the company is looking at all forms of alternate power to help the Island’s growing energy needs.   By Owain Johnston-Barnes (royalgazette) [mappress] Source: royalgazette, January 28, 2011

  • Floating solar platforms await modelling response

    23 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    In support of its research into floating solar energy, the Queen’s University Belfast is seeking a post-graduate candidate to investigate dynamic response of floating solar PV arrays.