Floating Solar
Floating solar demonstrator launches in the Canary Islands
Norwegian company Ocean Sun and its partners have launched an offshore floating solar demonstrator in La Palma, Spain. The BOOST (Bringing Offshore Ocean Sun to the global market) floating solar demonstrator uses Ocean Sun’s patented floating solar photovoltaics (FPV) technology and marks the final
Leask Marine drills a ‘first’ for tidal developer
Leask Marine has installed the first offshore grouted pile with its Raptor Submersible Drilling Rig (SDR) technology in the Faroe Islands, for a Swedish tidal developer. This marks the final commercialization phase of the Raptor SDR, from concept, design, manufacturing, and full testing program comp
DMEC: Mix of offshore renewable energy sources key to reliable energy system
During the session on stage at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Dutch Marine Energy Center (DMEC) emphasized that a combination of offshore renewable energy sources, storage methods and nature-inclusive design is needed to build a solid energy
€15M boost to help SolarDuck deliver its first commercial floating solar projects
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has secured €15 million in funding for the further development and deployment of offshore floating solar power technology. According to SolarDuck, this funding sets the company on a path of continued growth, to deliver its first commercial projects and increase its
Wastewater plant to run on floating solar power
Recom Technologies and Derex have developed the first floating solar power station in Latvia. With a capacity of 2.1 MW, the floating station is situated on the water’s surface using floating pontoons and will provide the necessary energy for the full operation of the wastewater treatment plant ‘Slo
Floating solar not yet up to par to be brought into offshore wind tenders, says BP’s Benelux head of offshore wind
System integration is what is needed for the next leap in offshore wind, however, not all technologies that can integrate with offshore wind farms have the same starting point. Floating solar still has some way to go in becoming more resilient to harsh offshore conditions. On the other hand, hydroge
Oceans of Energy on the move to bigger facility
Dutch offshore solar company Oceans of Energy has started scaling up its headquarters and construction facility to accommodate the growing needs for its offshore solar solution.
Surewave project consortium tests offshore floating solar model
The consortium of the EU-funded Surewave project has performed wave tank tests of the floating solar concept at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN).
Countdown begins: Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 opens in one week
Industry giants, experts, policymakers, innovators and start-ups from the offshore energy sector will meet at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC 2023) in Amsterdam one week from now. The backdrop to two full days of discussions, insights and updates is the exhibition floor that w
The clean energy pursuit: Speeding up build-out while continuing to innovate
With an “all of the above” task in its hands, the offshore energy industry has found itself working on innovative and more efficient solutions and nature-inclusive projects, while at the same time trying to build as many new clean energy projects as possible to meet the targets.
The largest floating solar power plant in Southeast Asia comes online
The 192MWp floating solar plant, developed by Indonesia’s state-owned utility company PLN and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar, has been put in operation at Cirata hydropower reservoir in West Java, Indonesia.
Norwegian companies join forces for floating solar and EV charging
Sunlit Sea, in collaboration with Endra and Ev Powercharge, has been granted support to test a floating solar installation that will feature fast electric vehicle charging in Norway.
In focus: Major renewable energy, clean fuel updates from the Nordic region
Major energy transition-related updates came from Nordic countries this week. An energy island for large-scale green hydrogen and offshore wind production has been proposed in Åland (Finland). Denmark has just selected winners of its first Power-to-X tender. The first containership to be powered by
Norwegian floating solar developers partner up for greener aquaculture
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 gree