Floating Solar Array Is Designed To Take The Rough Stuff
An experienced maritime firm is developing a fossil-killing floating solar concept for offshore deployment in rough seas.
An experienced maritime firm is developing a fossil-killing floating solar concept for offshore deployment in rough seas.
Plans are in the works to co-locate undulating carpet-like floating solar platforms with offshore wind farms in the North Sea, and beyond.
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.
The Garden State is emerging as a floating solar powerhouse, and there’s plenty more where that came from.
Researchers in Singapore are exploring whether a hybrid renewable energy system in the waters offshore is a possibility.
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.
Republished from RenewEconomy The northern New South Wales city of Lismore has formally opened the country’s largest floating solar installation, and flagged plans to increase its size five-fold or more and to add battery storage. The 100kW floating solar farm is installed on the East Lismore sewage treatment plant, and along … [continued]
A solar power plant which is intended to float is currently under development by a team which is led by SP Gon Choudhury, Director at Development Consultants Private Limited (DCL Group) and Vice Chairman at Calcutta Institute of Technology. In this system, solar panels are attached to a platform equipped with … [continued]