World’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant Taking Shape On Hydropower Plant
Plans are already in the works to expand a new floating solar power plant in Indonesia, setting the stage for similar projects around the world.
Plans are already in the works to expand a new floating solar power plant in Indonesia, setting the stage for similar projects around the world.
NREL Researchers Are Laying the Groundwork for Southeast Asia’s Floating Photovoltaics Development
The Garden State is emerging as a floating solar powerhouse, and there’s plenty more where that came from.
Below are three short summaries of recent renewable energy and climate-related news from NexusMedia. World’s Largest Floating Solar Array Comes Online In Shandong Province The world’s largest floating solar power array is now online in China’s Shandong province. The 320 MW facility built by Huaneng Power International is expected to … [continued]
I recall when floating solar PV power plants popped onto the scene at some point in the past decade. On the one hand, the idea was so funny and fanciful that it seemed unrealistic. On the other hand, there appeared to be a lot of benefits to the approach — … [continued]
India’s largest power generation company is expected to commission the country’s largest floating solar power project over the next three months. According to media reports, NTPC is expected to commission a 100-megawatt floating solar power project in the southern state of Telangana. The project will be spread across 450 acres … [continued]
Ocean Sun, a company out of Norway that is specializing the floating solar PV, is reportedly looking to have a stock market IPO via the Merkur Market, which is a platform for small and medium-sized companies to get onto the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Floating solar power plants have gone from a super niche sector of the solar market in 2012 and 2013 to a pretty popular option in 2020. It’s still not anywhere near as mature as on-land utility-scale solar power, though, so it seems sensible to pull the industry together and collect useful tips and experience for a set of recommended practices.
Floating solar and agrivoltaics are the subject of new renewable energy efforts in Europe.
Too much cleantech news is a good thing, but it sometimes means I need to stuff a bunch of big stories into one article. Following some roundups of autonomous driving news and battery & EV charging news, here’s one more roundup of some cool cleantech stories no one wanted to take and write full pieces about. This one is 100% focused on solar power.