French company SolarinBlue has been awarded €6 million in funding for its floating solar project by the French government as part of the France 2030 program, operated by ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition.
The joint venture between Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), which has been awarded the 2 GW IJmuiden Ver Beta offshore wind area in the Netherlands, will also build a floating solar farm within the offshore project site and install a large-scale electrolyzer in the Port of Rot
Italy is set to launch a Contract for Difference (CfD) auction scheme through which the government will select and support renewable energy projects, including floating solar, tidal, and wave energy.
French floating solar company Ciel & Terre has finished the construction of the Saint Savin floating solar project in Isère, France.
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.
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has expanded its regional office in Tokyo, Japan, to better devote to the Japanese market and accelerate the commercialization of its floating solar technology.
Malta’s Regulator for Energy and Water Services (REWS) has received 13 proposals for the potential development of floating solar farms in Maltese territorial waters.
The selection method during the RFP stage will be the quality and cost-based selection method (QCBS). Expressions of interest must be received no later than 15 June 2024 at 15:00 hours, local Abidjan time, and should specifically mention “Feasibility Study for Floating Solar at the Kariba Dam.”
Malaysia’s Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has declared plans for Regulatory Period 4 (RP4) 2025-2027 with significant capital expenditure (CAPEX) to support the country’s energy transition and meet the projected growth in electricity demand, which includes a hybrid hydro floating solar project.
The £12 million (approximately $15,2 million) facility, funded by EPSRC, is utilized for testing scaled-down prototypes of emerging commercial technologies and for academic research related to ocean activities.
Dutch offshore solar company Oceans of Energy has completed the North Sea Three (NS3) floating solar farm in the port of Oostende, Belgium.
SolarDuck’s offshore floating solar plant, Merganser, has come close to completion and is nearing the next phase of this project – the installation in the North Sea.
The Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) business of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured orders to establish two floating solar plants in India.
Duch-Norwegian firm Solar Duck and Tokyo’s Tokyu Land Corporation, together with Kyocera Communication Systems, have installed what is said to be Japan’s first offshore floating solar photovoltaic (OFSPV) power plant on the sea surface.
