French company SolarinBlue has been awarded €6 million in funding for its floating solar project by the French government as part of the France 2030 program, operated by ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition.
The joint venture between Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), which has been awarded the 2 GW IJmuiden Ver Beta offshore wind area in the Netherlands, will also build a floating solar farm within the offshore project site and install a large-scale electrolyzer in the Port of Rot
Italy is set to launch a Contract for Difference (CfD) auction scheme through which the government will select and support renewable energy projects, including floating solar, tidal, and wave energy.
French floating solar company Ciel & Terre has finished the construction of the Saint Savin floating solar project in Isère, France.
Situated on the eastern shore of the Cottbus Baltic Sea, the country’s largest post-mining lake. The 29 MWp floating solar plant is set to generate approximately 29,000 MWh of electricity a year, with commissioning set for the winter of 2024/2025.
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has expanded its regional office in Tokyo, Japan, to better devote to the Japanese market and accelerate the commercialization of its floating solar technology.
Malta’s Regulator for Energy and Water Services (REWS) has received 13 proposals for the potential development of floating solar farms in Maltese territorial waters.
The £12 million (approximately $15,2 million) facility, funded by EPSRC, is utilized for testing scaled-down prototypes of emerging commercial technologies and for academic research related to ocean activities.
Dutch offshore solar company Oceans of Energy has completed the North Sea Three (NS3) floating solar farm in the port of Oostende, Belgium.
SolarDuck’s offshore floating solar plant, Merganser, has come close to completion and is nearing the next phase of this project – the installation in the North Sea.
Duch-Norwegian firm Solar Duck and Tokyo’s Tokyu Land Corporation, together with Kyocera Communication Systems, have installed what is said to be Japan’s first offshore floating solar photovoltaic (OFSPV) power plant on the sea surface.
Stork’s asset management consultants have been picked by World Class Maintenance (WCM) to perform de-risking and performance improvement activities for five offshore renewable energy innovations within the Offshore For Sure (O4S) project.
Signed on 29 April 2024, this MoU aims to explore primary areas of partnership concerning Ocean Sun’s floating solar energy technology, which utilizes photovoltaic (PV) panels installed on hydro-elastic membranes at suitable locations identified by NHPC.
The collaboration may be extended for another three years if the joint venture meets certain conditions during the initial three-year period, as proposed by the joint venture and approved by the board for the final investment decision (FID) phase.
