Spanish renewable energy company ACCIONA has recently started building the first grid-connected floating photovoltaic solar plant in Spain. This initiative is a demonstration project, created with the aim of studying the most suitable technical solutions for the installation of solar panels on lakes
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Ocean Power Innovation Network (OPIN) will be holding its second Annual Symposium in Nantes on June 11, 2020. The OPIN Annual Symposium will provide an update on OPIN’s goals and the different supports available, a brainstorming session on potential working groups to be funded by OPIN, and a network
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Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) 2nd Call for Applications is closing on Friday – February 14, 2020. MEA aims to progress the technical and commercial maturity level of early-stage (TRL 3 – 4) marine energy technology companies with the overall goal of reducing the risk of device failure in subsequent d
RenewableUK has appointed the former MP for Great Grimsby Melanie Onn as the organisation’s new deputy chief executive. Onn will begin her role on 9th March. In her new role as Deputy CEO, she will focus particularly on public speaking and media work. She will also lead on helping our supply chain m
BayWa is constructing the world’s largest floating PV installation outside of China, consisting of nearly 73,000 PV modules, 13 floating transformers and 192 inverter boats, on a sandpit lake in Zwolle in the Netherlands. Dr. Benedikt Ortmann, global director of Solar Projects at BayWa, stated: “In
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UK’s technology innovation and research centre Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has appointed Alex Smith, Group financial controller, risk and insurance manager of Forth Ports, to its Board. Chairman, Colin Hood, said: “Alex brings extensive financial experience having worked in a variety of
Oceans of Energy has doubled the capacity of its first offshore floating solar farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Dutch company, which installed its first modules in November last year to put them through the winter storms, has now set up 56 solar panels with a total capacity of 17 kilowatts. Accordin
Moss Maritime and Equinor have recently signed a cooperation agreement to develop a floating solar panel park solution for near coastal and offshore applications. The partners will combine their experiences and know-how to further develop the concept into a competitive and cost-effective solution th
The European Commission has recently presented “The European Green Deal’s Investment Plan – the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan” to mobilise public investment and unlock private funds through EU financial instruments, which would lead to at least €1 trillion of investments. On 11 December 2019, t
