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Photo showing SolarDuck's offshore floating solar solution, King Eider (Courtesy of SolarDuck)
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Bureau Veritas validates SolarDuck’s floating solar unit in an industry first

Certification group Bureau Veritas has delivered the world’s first Approval in Principle (AiP) for an offshore floating solar solution to Dutch company SolarDuck, marking the beginning of a new era for this form of renewable energy.

about 5 years ago
Photo showing the 223kWp floating solar demonstrator on Magat Dam (Courtesy of Ocean Sun)
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Typhoon-proof floating solar plant marks operational milestone in the Philippines

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The 223kWp floating solar demonstrator, developed by the Norwegian floating solar specialist Ocean Sun, has celebrated two years in operation during which it successfully weathered through two typhoon seasons without any damage.

about 5 years ago
Photo showing the The 0.5MWp floating solar unit at the Banja reservoir in Albania (Courtesy of Statkraft)
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Weather likely the culprit for Ocean Sun’s floating solar unit failure in Albania

Norwegian floating solar specialist Ocean Sun has conducted an analysis into root cause of the failure of its floating solar unit that was installed in Albania, which pointed towards the weather conditions as the main reason for the incident.

about 5 years ago
Photo of Brice Le Gallo (Courtesy of DNV)
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DNV’s technical expertise backs Indonesia’s 145MW floating solar plant

Independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has acted as the technical advisor during the development phase of Indonesia’s first-ever floating solar project at Cirata Reservoir in West Java.

about 5 years ago
Illustration (Photo supplied by Nexans)
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Nexans to supply ‘vital connection’ for Equinor’s floating solar plant

French offshore cabling specialist Nexans has been awarded a contract by Equinor to supply power export cable for its floating solar pilot offshore Frøya in Norway.

about 5 years ago
Photo showing the signing of the project development agreement between EDF and Laos officials (Courtesy of NTPC)
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EDF to develop 240MW floating solar project in Laos

The Government of Laos and Electricité De France – EDF have signed an agreement to develop a 250MWp floating solar project in the central Laos province of Khammouane.

about 5 years ago
Photo showing HelioRec testing its floating solar system at Ecole Centrale de Nantes (Courtesy of HelioRec)
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HelioRec crosses another milestone on its way to floating solar commercialisation

French-based start-up HelioRec has completed the testing of its floating solar technology model at wave tank in Ecole Centrale de Nantes, reaching another milestone on its path to technology commercialisation.

about 5 years ago
Photo showing the 41.1MWp Sellingen floating solar park (Courtesy of BayWa r.e.)
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BayWa r.e. commissions two largest floating solar plants outside Asia

German renewable energy company BayWa r.e. and its Dutch subsidiary GroenLeven have recently commissioned two floating solar parks in the Netherlands with a combined capacity of more than 70MW.

about 5 years ago
Illustration (Courtesy of Saipem)
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Saipem launches marine renewables-powered solution for offshore green hydrogen production

The Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem has launched SUISO, a technological solution that combines floating wind, floating solar, and marine energy to power the production of green hydrogen on existing offshore platforms.

about 5 years ago
A photo of Iberdrola's Wikinger offshore wind farm
Floating Solar

In focus: Oil & gas players taking lead roles in energy transition

A number of energy transition-related updates hit our headlines this week, from new developments in the renewables sector to further initiatives in ship decarbonisation – and oil & gas companies’ new moves in both of those, and more.

about 5 years ago
Oceans of Energy's offshore floating solar system (Courtesy of Oceans of Energy)
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Oceans of Energy’s floating solar system weathers through all North Sea storms

Dutch developer of offshore floating solar technology Oceans of Energy has reached a milestone with its offshore floating solar demonstrator which survived all storms encountered in the North Sea in the past 18 months.

about 5 years ago
Illustration/Buried Ocean Battery concept (Courtesy of Ocean Grazer)
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Ocean Grazer sees energy storage as final piece of energy transition puzzle

Dutch clean technology start-up Ocean Grazer has completed the first live test phase of its Ocean Battery energy storage system, deemed as a ‘missing link’ in the global energy transition movement.

about 5 years ago
Illustration/The solar farm Sekdoorn near Zwolle in the Netherlands (Courtesy of Fraunhofer ISE)
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Germans pool expertise to test various types of floating solar systems

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has teamed up with the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) and RWE Renewables to test several floating photovoltaic (PV) systems with different structure designs on open waters.

about 5 years ago
Photo showing project partners from The project partners from Oceans of Energy and Dutch government (Courtesy of Oceans of Energy)
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European recovery fund uplifts Dutch offshore floating solar ambitions

One of the largest funding programmes of the European Union, launched to accelerate the economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic, has provided a substantial subsidy for the development of an offshore floating solar farm off the coast of The Hague in the Netherlands.

about 5 years ago