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  • Planet Solar Presents MS TURANOR World’s Largest Solar-Powered Boat

    26 December 2011

    MS TÛRANOR PlanetSolar is a multihull vessel topped by a large array of photovoltaic solar panels, constructed by Knierim Yacht Club, in Kiel, Germany. Built in 14 months, the biggest ever solar boat has impressive dimensions but is both silent and clean. The multihull will be home to six sailors during the round-the-world attempt, and […]

  • Hartek Solar bags contract for 22MW floating solar project in northern India

    3 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    Hartek Solar has secured a contract from SJVN Green Energy to build a 22MW floating solar project in India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh.

  • HelioRec’s floating solar technology

    28 October 2020

    HelioRec, the company that develops cost-effective and innovative solution of electricity production, is building a floating solar power plant with a circular economy approach. HelioRec is a member of the World Alliance at Solar Impulse Foundation and GreenTechAlliance. With the HelioRec’s floating system the company is aiming to reduce the carbon footprint and waste as […]

  • Encinitas and Solana Report Released

    9 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has prepared a joint Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Encinitas and Solana Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project. According to the Corps, the EIS/EIR report will evaluate potential options for reducing storm damage related coastal erosion over a 50-year period anticipated to occur from 2018 through […]

  • BlueNewables secures permit for Valencia floating solar project

    8 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Spain-based engineering consultancy BlueNewables has obtained the Administrative Authorizations for Public Domain Occupation from the Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV) for its PV-bos Valencia floating solar project, co-financed by IDAE under the RENMARINAS program. “Another major milestone for BlueNewables, as we have successfully obtained the Administrative Authorizations for Public Domain Occupation from the Autoridad Portuaria […]

  • Floating solar market will be as big as onshore solar sector, says Oceans of Energy CEO

    15 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    The industry needs to start shifting its focus from wind farms to energy farms as we have limited space which we need to make use of in an efficient way. A synergy of offshore wind and floating solar is the way to go. “If you only fill 20% of wind farm space with floating solar, […]

  • Floating solar expands in Maldives with 1 MW Swimsol project

    12 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Solar energy developer Swimsol has installed a 1,037 kWp SolarSea floating solar system at Fari Campus in the Maldives, marking another step for offshore floating solar in the island nation. According to the company, the system was built and designed to help islands generate more clean energy. Founded by European solar specialists, Swimsol claimed to […]

  • Boosting solar cells efficiency

    6 May 2020
    Innovation, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) scientists have fabricated a solar cell with an efficiency of nearly 50 per cent. The six-junction solar cell now holds the world record for the highest solar conversion efficiency at 47.1 per cent, measured under concentrated illumination. A variation of the same cell also set the efficiency record […]

  • Solar Panels on Floating Pipelines

    12 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Kiasma Group, an Italian dredging pipeline manufacturer, has added a range of solar panels to its HDPE pipelines. This means that photovoltaic energy can be generated by panels fixed to the discharge lines used in the dredging industry. Kiasma describes the photovoltaic panels as flexibile and light and of a highly efficient design. They are functional, resistant to impact, […]

  • Tractebel Floats Solar in Brazil

    21 February 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    Tractebel is developing a 15-hectare floating photovoltaic plant on the Batalha hydroelectric power plant reservoir in Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The basic project is being carried out for Furnas Centrais Elétricas for the implementation of Batalha Photovoltaic Plants (UFVs) I, II and III. The objective is to reach a total installed power of 30MW through […]

  • Solar to take float in Seychelles

    19 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology, Transition

    Qair International (formerly Quadran) is developing an offshore floating solar power plant in Seychelles. The 5MW plant will be the first project led by an independent power producer (IPP) in Seychelles. The project, initially set to commence in July, will be built on a lagoon on Mahé, the main island of the archipelagic nation. The […]

  • The Promise of Offshore Floating Solar

    27 October 2020
    Innovation, Vision

    Brigitte Vlaswinkel, research and offshore operations director at Oceans of Energy, and Professor Wilfried van Sark from University of Utrecht have given their insights into the offshore solar technology during the first day of the Offshore Energy 2020 event. Brigitte Vlaswinkel showcased how offshore solar systems can be integrated with offshore wind and what potential […]

  • Germany: SolarWaterWorld, SkySails Introduce Emission-Free Solar Yacht

    27 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    A yacht dream is coming true: The emission-free solar yacht with towing-kite propulsion will be developed and built by the solar ship manufacturer SolarWaterWorld AG from Berlin in close cooperation with the Hamburg-based technology leader SkySails GmbH. A cooperation agreement which includes a seven-figure development contract for SkySails has been signed by the partners on […]

  • 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 […]

  • Encinitas-Solana Beach Project Approved

    24 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following an April 21 presentation in Washington D.C., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Review Board approved the release of the final integrated report ad environmental impact statement for the Encinitas-Solana Beach Coastal Storm Damage Protection Project.  “A tremendous amount of hard work and dedication over nearly 15 years was realized yesterday,” said Col. […]

  • Sonardyne HQ goes solar with CleanEarth

    29 April 2020
    Equipment, Technology, Transition

    CleanEarth has equipped Sonardyne global headquarters in Hampshire with over half a megawatt of solar generation. The subsea tech firm first explored the solar options with CleanEarth back in 2016. However, the SSE approved the connection in late 2019, due to the fault level issues at the nearby substation. In March CleanEarth started installing the […]

  • Croatia: Brodosplit Delivers MV Solin

    11 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Croatian-based shipbuilder BRODOSPLIT on July 10 delivered the bulk carrier MV Solin. On behalf of the owner the delivery documentation was signed by Mr. Branimir Kovačić, CEO of Jadroplov, and on behalf of shipyard by Mr. Neven Jug, Manager of commercial division. The dimensions of the bulk carrier carrying the name MV „Solin“ – 189,90 […]

  • Germany: SolarWaterWorld and SkySails Introduce Emission-Free Solar Yacht

    27 October 2011

    A yacht dream is coming true: The emission-free solar yacht with towing-kite propulsion will be developed and built by the solar ship manufacturer SolarWaterWorld AG from Berlin in close cooperation with the Hamburg-based technology leader SkySails GmbH. A cooperation agreement which includes a seven-figure development contract for SkySails has been signed by the partners on […]

  • Green fuels in focus: NYK bolsters ties with Port of Duqm

    30 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Japanese shipping major Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) and the Port of Duqm Company (PODC), which oversees port management and terminal operations in Oman, have signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the development and connectivity of the port of Duqm.

  • 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 […]

  • BAR Technologies and Union Maritime secure double approval for dual-fuel LNG tanker duo fitted with WAPS

    1 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Vessels

    UK-based shipping company Union Maritime (UML) and compatriot design and engineering firm BAR Technologies have received a green light from the Marshall Islands flag for the former company’s dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker duo fitted with wind propulsion systems. As disclosed, the approval, which has confirmed that the two maritime players’ proposals covering bridge […]

  • Singapore awards 86 MWp floating solar project to Sembcorp

    3 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries, through its subsidiary Sembcorp Solar Singapore, has won a tender from PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, to develop an 86 MWp floating solar photovoltaic (PV) system on Pandan Reservoir. The scheme is said to represent Sembcorp’s third floating solar project in Singapore. In 2021, the company commissioned the 60 MWp Tengeh Reservoir […]

  • 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.