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.
The Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) business of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured orders to establish two floating solar plants in India.
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 April 25, 2024, in Fukuoka City, Japan, this MoU also encompasses two companies developing ground-mounted solar power projects together in Perak, as well as conducting feasibility studies on floating solar projects, and considerations for co-funding the projects.
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.
The results of this project will pave the way for large-scale deployment and commercialization of offshore floating solar systems, whether on their own or as part of offshore wind farms.
Acciona Energía has added a new photovoltaic (PV) floating system to its floating solar power plant at the Sierra Brava reservoir in Spain as part of a pilot project to evaluate the system’s performance.
The first marine floating solar power plant prototype in Indonesia, Solar2Wave, has been launched, backed by funding from Innovative UK.
Bureau Veritas Group has awarded Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck the world’s first prototype certification for floating solar technology. This floating solar technology’s implementation was demonstrated in SolarDuck’s 0.5 MW pilot project Merganser. The certification of the Merganser prototype com
Producer of equipment for the farming industry, AKVA Group, has established a partnership with Norwegian floating solar company Inseanergy to use floating solar energy to operate fish farming operations in Chile. According to AKVA Group, the partnership focuses on the shift from fossil fuels to sola
DNV has cooperated with offshore design and engineering services provider, Moss Maritime, to increase the deployment of floating solar technology in severe environmental conditions. DNV has issued a Statement of Conformity to Moss Maritime for the design methodology of XolarSurf, a floating solar c
New Delhi-based Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has awarded Larsen & Toubro (L&T) with a five-year engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a floating solar project to be built at Getalsud Dam in Ranchi in eastern India’s state of Jharkhand. The contract, which is worth
