Oceans of Energy has been awarded the contract for installing and operating offshore solar farm inside the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park being developed by CrossWind, a joint-venture between Shell and Eneco.
US-based renewable energy developer Solential Energy has announced partnership with Fort Wayne City Utilities for the development of first floating solar array in the American Midwest.
Oriana Power has completed the installation of 1MWp floating solar power plant in northern India, which is said to be the first of its kind in the state of Rajasthan.
The EU-SCORES project, focused on developing energy multi-use parks incorporating different offshore renewable energy sources at one site, has received an official go-ahead from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).
Indonesia’s state-owned utility PT PLN (Persero) has put into operation a 561kWp floating solar power plant in Semarang, on the island of Java.
Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore (CIMC Raffles) has launched China’s first semi-submersible offshore floating solar power generation platform.
Scottish company Nova Innovation has expanded its tidal energy product portfolio with the addition of floating solar technology, announcing also plans for the installation of Scotland’s first array of floating solar panels later in 2023.
French floating solar start-up HelioRec has closed the first tranche of its seed round, securing new investments from First Imagine! and Techstars.
The University of Malta has teamed up with its offshore energy storage spin-off FLASC to assess the potential of integrating renewable energy and energy storage solutions with floating breakwaters.
French company SolarinBlue has secured permit from the Indian government for a 1MWp offshore solar farm in the Arabian Sea, near the city of Mangalore.
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.
Independent renewable power producer Qair and the Republic of Seychelles’ Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 5.8MWp floating solar project, the first in the history of the Seychelles.
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.
