Floating solar developer SolarDuck has opened an office in Norway, which will serve as the company’s global business development center.
Researchers from the University of Évora have found that the installed capacity of floating solar systems in Portugal could exceed the national target for solar energy of 7GW, defined in the country’s National Energy and Climate Plan (PNEC) 2030.
Blueleaf Energy and SunAsia Energy have secured contracts from the Philippine government to build and operate the world’s largest floating solar project in the Philippines, which has a cumulative capacity of 610.5MW.
Industry consortium behind the Merganser offshore solar platform, led by SolarDuck, has selected the test site offshore the Netherlands for the development of innovative pilot project.
The NPS Green Lake floating solar project, with a total capacity of 60MW, has been connected to the grid in Thailand.
Inseanergy, a Norwegian company developing floating solar solutions for aquaculture industry, has opened a fundraising campaign, targeting €855,000 to further advance its business.
Oceans of Energy has been awarded the contract for installing and operating offshore solar farm inside the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park being developed by CrossWind, a joint-venture between Shell and Eneco.
US-based renewable energy developer Solential Energy has announced partnership with Fort Wayne City Utilities for the development of first floating solar array in the American Midwest.
Oriana Power has completed the installation of 1MWp floating solar power plant in northern India, which is said to be the first of its kind in the state of Rajasthan.
The EU-SCORES project, focused on developing energy multi-use parks incorporating different offshore renewable energy sources at one site, has received an official go-ahead from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).
Indonesia’s state-owned utility PT PLN (Persero) has put into operation a 561kWp floating solar power plant in Semarang, on the island of Java.
Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore (CIMC Raffles) has launched China’s first semi-submersible offshore floating solar power generation platform.
Scottish company Nova Innovation has expanded its tidal energy product portfolio with the addition of floating solar technology, announcing also plans for the installation of Scotland’s first array of floating solar panels later in 2023.
French floating solar start-up HelioRec has closed the first tranche of its seed round, securing new investments from First Imagine! and Techstars.
