The researchers from Texas A&M University have started developing an ocean renewable energy station that could combine wind, wave, current and solar energy methods on a floating offshore platform.
Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy generator, in cooperation with Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun has started commercial operations at the first unit of its floating solar project in Albania.
German renewable energy company BayWa r.e. has informed that the initial studies carried out on a floating solar farm in Zwolle in the Netherlands showed no adverse effects to the surrounding environment.
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) and Glint Solar have developed a technology that automatically estimates wave conditions and wind directions for floating solar installations.
The BOOST project consortium has developed a purpose-built design for offshore floating solar demonstrator that will be tested at Sintef Ocean’s basin laboratory in the following months.
Norwegian centre for research and innovation Sintef Ocean has performed tests on a scaled floating solar model on behalf of Moss Maritime and Equinor.
French energy giant EDF has hired a German-based company BELECTRIC to build 19.3MWp floating solar power plant in Israel.
Norwegian floating solar developer Ocean Sun has recorded a slight drop in revenues for the first quarter of 2021, when compared to the same period a year earlier.
Norwegian floating solar company Ocean Sun has together with project partner Statkraft completed the first phase of its 2MWp floating solar scheme on the Banja reservoir in Albania.
Norwegian companies Ocean Sun and Marine Water Production (MWP) have joined forces to produce fresh water through desalination using offshore floating solar technology.
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has constructed SolarDuck’s offshore floating solar demonstrator that will be deployed for testing later this month.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), has completed performance testing on South Korea’s largest floating solar power plant model.
Sunseap Group has signed a multi-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Facebook for solar power from Singapore’s largest offshore floating solar farm.
Floating solar farms could help protect lakes and reservoirs from some of the harms of climate change, a new study suggests.
