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Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has deployed its 0.5 MW offshore floating solar project, Merganser, in the North Sea with support from RWE. The pilot aims to demonstrate the scalability of offshore photovoltaics.
Q Energy has reached debt financial close on its 74.3 MW floating solar project “Les Ilots Blandin”, securing €50.4 million in financing from Crédit Agricole Transitions & Energies through its financing arm Unifergie, and Bpifrance.
Floating PV offers a smart and space-efficient alternative to land-based systems by generating clean energy on water surfaces. Find out more in our weekly topic from 21–24 July.
The “PV2Float” project by RWE, Fraunhofer ISE and BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is testing three floating PV systems (30 kW each) over three years. The research focuses on technical improvements, environmental impact and public acceptance. It is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Floating photovoltaic (PV) systems are now being installed in many European countries, with the aim of using water surfaces for solar power production. We will be presenting some interesting examples and trends in our thematic focus next week on floating PV.
Axpo’s solar and wind divisions Urbasolar and Volkswind have successfully secured a combined capacity of 163 megawatts (MW) in two recent public tenders – also including Agri PV and floating PV.
Floating PV is gaining ground as a solar solution. To support the sector’s rapid development, SolarPower Europe has published a new set of best practice guidelines.
The floating solar park will be built on the on the site of former gravel pits in the Haute-Marne region of France. It has a capacity of 74.3 MW.
SeaVolt, a consortium of Tractebel, DEME and Jan De Nul, is preparing its first floating solar energy test platform to be erected off the Belgian coast.
The plant is to achieve an output of 29 megawatts and blend into the overall appearance of the lake, which does not even exist yet. Project developer EPNE is using a special new technology for the construction.
Ecowind, a subsidiary of BayWa r.e., has completed a 24.5 MW floating solar farm in Grafenwörth, Lower Austria, together with utility EVN.
RWE has installed its first floating PV system on the former cooling water lake of a coal-fired power plant in the Netherlands. The generator is part of an overall concept to turn the former coal-fired power plant into a renewable energy site.
Photovoltaics is booming. At the same time, the industry is in a state of upheaval. These five trends in particular will shape the market in the coming years. Lapp is preparing for them.
Frequently hailed as the third pillar of the global PV market, floating photovoltaic plants are gaining traction around the world. Intersolar Europe will showcase the newest trends and products next week in Munich.
BayWa r.e. will implement one of the currently largest floating PV plants in Germany for the family-owned company Quarzwerke GmbH at the Haltern am See site in the coming weeks- without subsidies.
Belectric will build another floating solar plant in Israel by the end of 2022. The project developer will also take over the operation and maintenance of the plant that will have an output of almost 17 megawatts.
Offshore floating PV powers Singapore's journey toward carbon neutrality and the implementation of its Green Plan 2030.
Two 1,5 MW floating PV system were installed on water reservoirs in Singapure, using Fimer inverters.
Belectric has completed and commissioned a solar project in Israel on behalf of its customer EDF. With an installed capacity of 60 MW the PV plant produces more than 145 gigawatt hours of green electricity per year.
Sungrow, supplied both PV inverter solutions and floating solutions to Thailand’s largest hydro-floating PV plant, fueling the national transition to a lower carbon economy.
Intersolar Europe Conference 2021, that takes place October 6-7 in Munich, highlights new market and technolgy trends and provides networking opportunities.
Bureau Veritas (BV), has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Dutch renewable energy company, SolarDuck, for its offshore floating solar solution ‘King Eider’.
Interview: Anna Werner, CEO of Svensk Solenergi, about the growing PV market in Sweden, the wish of many farmers to harvest more solar power and the need for simpler permitting for solar parks especially in Southern Sweden.
Floating photovoltaic power plants enable the expansion of solar power generation without the need for new land. Fraunhofer ISE, RWE Renewables and Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg want to further develop the technology together with other partners.
Baywa r.e. has published initial research results on the environmental impact of floating PV. They show no negative impact on the floating solar park's environment.
