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  • KNUD E. HANSEN to Design 500 GT SOLAS Passenger Vessel

    16 October 2013

    The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has signed a contract with KNUD E. HANSEN A/S for the design of a 500 GT SOLAS passenger vessel for Tokelau, a non-self governing territory of New Zealand consisting of 3 coral atolls (Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo). The vessel, which is the only means of getting […]

  • IMO: SOLAS Amendments on Lifeboat Safety Enter into Force

    3 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching entered into force on 1 January 2013. The amendments, adopted in May 2011, add a new paragraph 5 to SOLAS regulation III/1, to require lifeboat on-load release mechanisms not complying with new International Life-Saving Appliances […]

  • SolarinBlue validates anchoring system for 1 MW offshore solar project

    10 March 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Technology

    French renewable energy company SolarinBlue has completed a geotechnical survey and anchor traction tests for its 1 MW offshore solar project, Méga Sète, supported by France 2030. According to SolarinBlue, the field tests, conducted on February 27 and 28, assessed the viability of the anchoring system, an important step before deployment. A high-vibration vibrocoring system […]

  • Innovation Norway backs compatriot floating solar firm with funding

    19 August 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Norway-based floating solar company Ocean Sun has secured funding from state-owned Innovation Norway to advance key technology areas, including a freshwater collection system.

  • Mabanaft secures funding for new methanol solar plant in Australia

    15 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Hamburg-based energy company Mabanaft has received grant approval from the German Projektträger Jülich for the potential construction of a new green methanol plant in Port Augusta, South Australia. In cooperation with Australian renewable energy company Vast, Mabanaft intends to build a solar methanol plant with a capacity of approximately 7,500 tonnes per year and a […]

  • ‘Germany’s largest floating solar plant’ starts assembling (Video)

    3 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Situated on the eastern shore of the Cottbus Baltic Sea, the country’s largest post-mining lake. The 29 MWp floating solar plant is set to generate approximately 29,000 MWh of electricity a year, with commissioning set for the winter of 2024/2025. 

  • First stage of Brazil’s biggest floating solar plant inaugurated

    22 January 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    The first stage of what is said to be the largest floating solar plant in Brazil has been inaugurated in the State of São Paulo. The UFF Araucária project is located at the Billings dam and is being developed by Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia (EMAE) and KWP Energia. The first stage, coordinated by […]

  • Southeast Asian duo signs ‘transformative’ solar energy deal

    2 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Singapore-headquartered New Energy Capital Asia and Thailand-based UMC Metals have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 1.6MWp solar project in Thailand featuring both floating and ground-mounted solar installations.  New Energy Capital Asia is a provider of corporate and industrial solar energy solutions, while UMC Metals is a player in the metals industry. The […]

  • ABL investigates solar-powered cold ironing at Mombasa Port

    26 January 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Ports & Logistics

    Energy and marine consultancy ABL Group has investigated two possible brownfield sites for the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant to generate renewable energy-powered shore power at the Port of Mombasa, Kenya.

  • Norwegian floating solar developers partner up for greener aquaculture

    1 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Norwegian companies Ocean Sun and Inseanergy have formed partnership to supply the aquaculture industry with green energy using floating solar technology. Following the settlement of a patent dispute earlier this year, Ocean Sun and Inseanergy have entered into a cooperation agreement to supply green energy systems based on Ocean Sun’s floating solar technology to the […]

  • EDP inaugurates ‘pioneering’ 5MW floating solar plant in Portugal

    18 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Global energy company EDP has inaugurated a 5MW floating solar plant in Alqueva – said to be the largest floating solar installation on a dam reservoir in Europe.

  • Basque Country welcomes first floating solar power plant

    28 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Emica Bombas, a Biscayan industrial firm with more than a century of experience, has through its subsidiary Emica Solar developed and deployed a floating solar demonstrator plant based on design of a trimaran sailboat.

  • Hollandse Kust Noord to add floating solar panels in 2025

    3 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    A floating solar demonstration project to be installed within the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm site will be constructed in 2025, according to TNO, the Dutch organization for applied scientific research. TNO will work on research and demonstration of offshore solar energy in the new offshore wind farm together with CrossWind, a Shell-Eneco consortium […]

  • Ocean Sun lands floating solar deal in South Korea

    21 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Research & Development, Technology

    Norwegian floating solar specialist Ocean Sun and South Korean firm EN Technologies have entered a technology license agreement for installation of Ocean Sun floating solar solution behind the Saemangeum Seawall. Specifically, the deal covers a demonstration system with a follow-on option for minimum 100MW within the next 18 months. It is also the intention of […]

  • BELECTRIC set to build 16.8MW floating solar plant in Israel

    1 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    German-based company BELECTRIC has secured a contract to build a 16.8MWp floating solar power plant for S’energy and the large-scale water utility in Israel.

  • SINN Power launches floating solar solution for calm waters

    21 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    German company SINN Power has launched its new floating photovoltaic (PV) solution – the Water Lily – designed for renewable electricity generation on calm waters.

  • Albania’s 500kWp floating solar plant restarts commercial operation

    7 April 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    The first floater of the Banja floating solar project, developed by Statkraft and Ocean Sun, has restarted its commercial operation following an incident last summer.

  • EDP Renewables invests in major Asian floating solar player

    3 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition

    EDP Renewables (EDPR) has become a major shareholder in Singapore-based solar energy company Sunseap, having acquired the stake of 87.4% to reinforce its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

  • Port of Kiel invests in solar power to become climate neutral

    17 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Germany’s Port of Kiel is increasing its own production of climate-friendly solar energy as it equipped its cruise terminal Ostseekai with photovoltaic modules.

  • EDP gets approval for 4MW floating solar farm in Portugal

    18 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Portuguese electric utility EDP has secured the final license for the installation of a floating solar farm with 12,000 panels in Alqueva Reservoir.

  • First insights into floating solar show no adverse environmental impacts

    18 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    German renewable energy company BayWa r.e. has informed that the initial studies carried out on a floating solar farm in Zwolle in the Netherlands showed no adverse effects to the surrounding environment.

  • DNV GL Backs Norwegian Floating Solar Plant Design

    11 March 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    DNV GL has awarded a conformity statement to Norwegian solar energy company Ocean Sun for its floating solar design methodology. The conformity statement is the first of its kind and was issued following a verification process which sets the standard for the expansion of floating solar globally and opens opportunities to scale up solar energy […]

  • Offloading of oil from Solar 1 to start in six weeks

    20 September 2006

    The International Oil Pollution Compensation (IOPC) has committed to facilitate the offloading of the remaining oil from the sunken tanker Solar 1, Governor JC Rahman Nava said on Tuesday. The IOPC, which is a worldwide group of oil refiners, will be the one to look for a company that could siphon the oil from Solar […]

  • KNUD E. HANSEN to Design Passenger Vessel for Tokelau

    16 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has signed a contract with KNUD E. HANSEN A/S for the design of a 500 GT SOLAS passenger vessel for Tokelau, a non-self governing territory of New Zealand consisting of 3 coral atolls (Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo). The vessel, which is the only means of getting […]

  • Amended Solas Rules for Ships Enter into Force Today

    1 July 2014

    New requirements under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to require all ships to have plans and procedures to recover persons from the water are among a set of SOLAS amendments entering into force on 1 July 2014. The SOLAS amendments, adopted in 2012, were developed as part of the […]