Norway-based floating solar companies Ocean Sun and Inseanergy have reached a settlement agreement for floating solar technology patents.
The 2MWp floating solar plant in Albania, developed by Europe’s largest renewable energy generator Statkraft, has started producing renewable energy and injecting it to the Albanian electricity grid following the installation of three new floaters.
SINN Power, a German-based developer of floating renewable energy platform solutions, has put forward a plan to build a floating solar power plant in Eching am Ammersee, south-east Germany.
Jan De Nul, Tractebel, and DEME have jointly developed a new offshore floating solar technology, said to be capable of operating in harsh marine conditions and in combination with offshore wind farms.
Shizen International (Thailand), a subsidiary of Japan-based renewable energy developer Shizen Energy Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sena Solar Energy to collaborate on the development of renewable energy in Thailand, including the creation of new floating solar plants.
Sungrow FPV, a Chinese-based provider of floating solar solutions, has secured a contract for the supply of floating systems for the largest floating solar project in Indonesia to date.
TotalEnergies and Holcim Belgium have taken the first step towards decarbonization of Obourg cement plant in Belgium with the development of a floating solar farm that will supply clean power for the facility.
A consortium of Dutch companies has launched a government-backed project to explore the synergies between offshore wind, offshore solar and hydrogen production at sea for improved sustainability of North Sea renewable energy projects.
Researchers from the universities in Portugal and Spain have joined forces to test novel technology designed to harvest solar resources of the marine environment as part of the PORTOS project.
The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) and the EU-SCORES project partners have recently held a two-day stakeholder engagement event on energy multi-use parks at the Marine Energy Hub in the Hague, spotlighting the benefits of combining different offshore renewable energy sources at one site.
ECOwind, a subsidiary of German renewable energy company BayWa r.e., together with Austrian energy supplier EVN, has constructed a 24.5 MWp floating solar plant in Austria.
Norwegian floating solar company Ocean Sun has released financial results for 2022, marking a significant increase in revenues when compared to a year before.
Spain-based water utility Miya has expanded its activities to the renewables sector with the acquisition of a stake in Xfloat, an Israeli floating solar developer.
Europe’s largest renewable energy generator Statkraft, in collaboration with Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun, has installed three additional floating solar units at Banja reservoir in Albania, bringing the floating solar plant’s total capacity to 2MWp.
