World’s largest chemical producer BASF has installed a floating solar system, designed and constructed by Noria Energy, at its manufacturing site in the United States.
French start-up SolarinBlue has deployed two offshore floating solar units in the Mediterranean sea as part of the Sun’Sète project, which aims to supply clean electricity to one of the 10 biggest French ports.
Ferrovial, through its construction division, has secured a contract for the construction of a 1.7MWp floating solar plant in Madrid’s municipality of Torrelaguna in Spain.
Ocean Energy Europe has welcomed the inclusion of the 5% target for innovative renewable energy technologies as part of the revision of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
Sud Renovables, a Spanish subsidiary of Soltech Group, has installed the company’s first floating solar energy unit, which also represents the first installation of that kind in Catalonia in Spain.
Inseanergy, a Norwegian company developing floating solar solutions for aquaculture industry, has announced the upcoming fundraising campaign to prepare for further growth and internationalization.
The largest European center for sea trials entirely dedicated to floating wind power and marine renewable energies called the OPEN-C Foundation has been set up in France by major industry players.
Norway-based floating solar companies Ocean Sun and Inseanergy have reached a settlement agreement for floating solar technology patents.
The 2MWp floating solar plant in Albania, developed by Europe’s largest renewable energy generator Statkraft, has started producing renewable energy and injecting it to the Albanian electricity grid following the installation of three new floaters.
SINN Power, a German-based developer of floating renewable energy platform solutions, has put forward a plan to build a floating solar power plant in Eching am Ammersee, south-east Germany.
Jan De Nul, Tractebel, and DEME have jointly developed a new offshore floating solar technology, said to be capable of operating in harsh marine conditions and in combination with offshore wind farms.
TotalEnergies and Holcim Belgium have taken the first step towards decarbonization of Obourg cement plant in Belgium with the development of a floating solar farm that will supply clean power for the facility.
A consortium of Dutch companies has launched a government-backed project to explore the synergies between offshore wind, offshore solar and hydrogen production at sea for improved sustainability of North Sea renewable energy projects.
Researchers from the universities in Portugal and Spain have joined forces to test novel technology designed to harvest solar resources of the marine environment as part of the PORTOS project.
