Floating Solar
Sunlit Sea moves to larger industrial facility as it looks to expand floating solar team
Norwegian company Sunlit Sea has moved its production facility to new premises as it looks to step up the industrialization of its floating solar technology.
Netherlands boosts industry consortium with €7.8M for offshore floating solar development
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck and its consortium partners have received a €7.8 million project subsidy from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) to develop, test and validate the Merganser floating solar energy platform in harsh North Sea weather conditions.
Ocean Sun boosts third quarter revenues
Norwegian floating solar company Ocean Sun has reported an increase in revenues for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2022, as opposed to the same period a year earlier.
SolarDuck to build 5MW floating solar demonstrator integrated with offshore wind farm
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has been awarded a contract for the world’s largest hybrid offshore floating solar power plant at the offshore wind park Hollandse Kust West VII in the Netherlands.
RWE wins Dutch offshore wind tender with project including green hydrogen and floating solar
RWE has won the permit to build a large-scale offshore wind farm at the Hollandse Kust West (HKW) VII site in the Dutch North Sea through the subsidy-free tender launched in the Netherlands in April. The Germany-based developer placed a bid through its project company Oranje Wind Power II and propos
ProtoAtlantic sets up free access to Lir NOTF for offshore renewable energy startups
ProtoAtlantic project has launched a new program that will enable free access to the facilities of Lir-National Ocean Test Facility (Lir NOTF) for offshore renewable energy startups across the Atlantic Area.
Co-location of offshore wind, wave and floating solar could lead to ‘unprecedented’ LCOE reduction, report finds
Co-location of offshore wind, wave and offshore solar energy in multi-source energy parks could lead to unprecedented reduction of levelized cost of electricity (LCOE), according to a new report by EU-SCORES project.
Albanians open call for 12.9MW floating solar plant
Solar Energy of Albania (SENA), a subsidiary of state-owned power utility Korporata Elektroenergjitike Shqiptare (KESH), has launched a tender for the development of a 12.9MW floating solar plant in Albania.
Indian firm sets sights on floating solar as part of diversification into renewable energy
India’s energy company Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has launched a tender looking for consultancy services for the development of floating solar projects in Kochi. BPCL is engaged in manufacturing a range of petroleum products through oil depots, installations, LPG bottling plants, etc., and
ACWA Power enters floating solar sector
ACWA Power has signed a deal with Indonesia’s state-owned electricity utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) to develop two floating solar projects in the world’s largest archipelagic state.
China commissions first offshore floating solar plant integrated with wind turbine
State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) has put into operation the world’s first offshore floating solar power plant integrated with offshore wind turbine, at a site located off the coast of China’s Shandong Province.
Singapore sets sights on utility-scale floating hybrid renewable energy system
Keppel Infrastructure, National University of Singapore (NUS), and Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have teamed up to explore the development of an offshore hybrid system which could harness solar, wind, and tidal energy for continuous power generation.
BayWa r.e. starts construction of Austria’s largest floating solar plant
German renewable energy company BayWa r.e. has made progress on the construction of Austria’s largest floating solar power plant that will, once constructed, be able to supply 7,500 households with green electricity.
North India set for 2MWp floating solar power plant
Renewable energy company Hartek Solar has secured a contract to develop a 2MWp floating solar power plant in North India.