TC Sungenergy (TCS), a subsidiary of Malaysia-based Tan Chong Motor Holdings Berhad (TCMH), has kicked off operations from its first large-scale floating solar photovoltaic (LSSPV) plant. TCS Floating LSSPV, located in Serenedah, which started delivering renewable energy on January 5, 2024, marks TC
Researchers from the Spanish University of Oviedo have developed a new offshore solar energy concept that combines a dual-axis tracking system and a tension leg platform (TLP), deemed as a “promising solution for offshore solar energy”. The novel offshore FPV system named HelioSea leverages the comb
French engineering, advisory, and project management services company DORIS has acquired a compatriot company active in the fixed offshore wind, floating offshore wind, and floating solar market. Through acquiring WINDGLAS, DORIS’ scope of service that is to be offered to the offshore wind industry
Denmark’s Wavepiston has opened its next capital raise with the aim of supporting the critical objectives of operating its full-scale wave energy system, among other things. Wavepiston reported that it had on February 8 installed its first full-scale energy collector on the Wavepiston string at the
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Danish company Wavepiston has installed its first full-scale energy collector on its wave energy system offshore the Canary Islands. Wavepiston reported that it had on February 8 installed its first full-scale energy collector on the Wavepiston string at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (P
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has launched the first two platforms for the Merganser offshore floating solar demonstration project into the water at TMA Logistics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Merganser offshore floating solar demonstrator plant will have an installed capacity of 520 kWp and wi
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has issued a call for tenders for a floating LiDAR and associated provision of data for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS). The scope of work under the contract that will be awarded through the tender includes the installation, operation,
Sixteen European partners have started an EU joint industry project (JIP) where floating solar technology is scaled up to standard formats of 150 MW enabling to build gigawatt scale farms. The BAMBOO project (Building scAlable Modular Bamboo-inspired Offshore sOlar systems) aims to resolve challenge
India-based firm Larsen & Toubro has secured an order to build a 75 MW floating solar park project on the Panchet Dam in Jharkhand, India. The floating solar project on the Panchet Dam is a part of the Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Bank (UMREPP) being developed on Damodar Valley corporation rese
Minesto has commissioned its 1.2 MW, 25-ton Dragon 12 tidal energy kite, delivering the first electricity to the national grid in the Faroe Islands. Dragon 12 was commissioned in the early morning of February 9 and, according to Minesto, it generated electricity at satisfactory levels in its first p
Swedish-Israeli wave energy developer Eco Wave Power Global (EWP) has announced winning a £1.5 million grant (almost $1.9 million) as a part of a consortium led by UK-based Toshiba and Aquatera, to design a pilot microgrid project for a remote island in Thailand. The grant is a part of round ten of
Ciel & Terre has completed the anchoring and is assembling the floating system for the Saint Savin floating solar project in Isère, France. The Saint Savin is an 11 MWp floating solar project being developed by Énerg’isère and EGREGA on a gravel pit. Currently, the team is progressing with the proj
The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded Minesto with 2.8M SEK (approximately $267,000) to support the development and testing of a mooring system for ocean energy deployment. The grant co-funds a project through which Minesto will advance the performance of the next-generation tether system that moors
