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ECOwind completes Austrian floating solar farm
The 24MW project is among the biggest in Europe
Feb 21, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, Europe, Austria, ECOwind, floating solar farm
Zambezi River Authority Considers Building Floating Solar Plant at Kariba Dam, Zimbabwe
Zambezi River Authority, which runs Kariba Dam in Zimbabwe, is seeking to utilize floating solar panels to create power after plummeting water levels strengthened power outages in Zambia and also Zimbabwe.
Feb 21, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, International Energy Agency, floating solar panels, floating solar plant, electricity demand, Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station, hydropower capacity, Kariba Dam, power outages, state power utilities, Zambezi River Authority
Statkraft, Ocean Sun total Albania's very first floating solar power plant
Statkraft's floating solar plant on the tank of its Banja hydropower plant in Albania has 2 MW in capacity and also consists of four units. It is the only such power plant in Southeastern Europe with the exception of a few pilot projects in Turkey.
Feb 17, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, Statkraft, Solar Power, Ocean Sun, hydropower plants, renewable energy sources, hybrid power plants, floating solar power plants
World's Largest Man-Made Dam Weighs Utilizing Floating Solar Panels
The authorities accountable of the globe's biggest man-made lake are considering making use of floating photovoltaic panels to produce power after plummeting water levels strengthened power outages in Zambia and also Zimbabwe.
Feb 16, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, PV Power Plant, floating solar panels
Kaleshwaram Project In Telangana Will Not Have Floating Solar
Telangana Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy has clarified regarding Kaleshwaram Project in the state assembly. The Telangana government was considering the opportunity of mounting solar power panels over the canals of the state.
Feb 13, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, India, Asia, Telangana, floating solar plants, fishermen, G Jagadish Reddy, Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme
Iberdrola Secured First Floating Solar Park in Alsace France to Generate 27 GWh Annually
Iberdrola SA has won a tender to build a 25-MWp floating solar plant in the region of France, near the border with Germany and Switzerland. The project will create Iberdrola's first floating solar plant in France and is expected to generate 27 GWh of electricity annually.
Feb 13, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, France, Iberdrola, Europe, PV Power Plant
Iberdrola Wins First French Floating Solar Project
Iberdrola has been awarded its first floating solar power project in France, with a total capacity of 25MW. This project is part of the call for tenders issued in 2022 by Kurtzenhouse municipality, in Alsace, and will occupy an area of approximately 13.5 hectares of the 28 hectares available on the site.
Feb 3, 2023 // Floating PV, Iberdrola, PV Power Plant
Largest Floating Solar of North India Worth 2 MWp Capacity Inaugurated in Chandigarh
The floating solar power plant, situated at Water Works, Sector 39, Chandigarh, will produce 28,00,000 units of electrical power every year. The plant is anticipated to offset 80,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
Jan 24, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, CREST, floating solar power plant, Banwari Lal Purohit, Floating, Governor of Punjab, Hartek Solar, North India's largest floating solar power plant, Simarpreet Singh
Madhya Pradesh Plans Three New Floating Solar Projects Worth INR 7,500 Cr Investment
The info was shared by state officials on the very first day of 'Invest Madhya Pradesh-Global Investors Summit' that is being held in Indore. The three floating solar plants remain in addition to the 600 MW floating solar project already being developed at Omkareshwar Dam in Khandwa district.
Jan 12, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Floating solar, Hardeep Singh Dang, Girraj Dandotia, Indore, Pradyuman Singh Tomar, Sanjay Dubey, floating solar power plants
Can floating solar islands meet the globe's future power needs?
Trygve Kristiansen researches on floating solar power, which are photovoltaics supported on the water. He believes that floating solar panels might play an important worldwide duty in the transition to greener modern technologies. He is a professor of marine innovation at NTNU.
Jan 6, 2023 // Floating PV, NTNU, Trygve Kristiansen
Can Giant Floating Solar On Oceans Work?
The region with the calmest weather, wind as well as wave problems possible will be an advantage for the development of offshore floating solar parks
Jan 6, 2023 // Floating PV, SPIC, NTU, Ocean Sun, Swimsol, Adani Green, SOLARDUCK, Oceans of Energy, Bluewater, Keppel Infrastructure, Maritime, offshore floating solar, SERIS
Iberdrola picks Brazil to mount its 1st floating solar project
Spanish electric utility Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE) announced today that its Brazilian unit Neoenergia SA (BVMF: NEOE3) will install a 630-kW floating solar array in the northeastern state of Pernambuco.
Jan 5, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, Iberdrola, South america, Brazil, floating solar project
L&T wins EPC work at 90-MW floating solar project in Madhya Pradesh
Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (NSE: LT) has actually secured an engineering, procurement as well as construction (EPC) deal for a 90-MW floating solar park project in Madhya Pradesh.
Dec 28, 2022 // Floating PV, India, Asia, floating solar park, Larsen & Toubro
SolarDuck to develop Japan's initial offshore PV demonstration project
Dutch offshore PV professional SolarDuck B.V., together with teamwork partners, is developing a demonstrator for the use of offshore photovoltaics in Tokyo Bay.
Dec 21, 2022 // Floating PV, Japan, Asia, SOLARDUCK
Sumitomo Mitsui plans 2.8-MW floating solar project in Japan
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co Ltd (TYO:1821) prepares to launch its first off-site business power purchase agreement (PPA) tied to a 2.8-MW floating solar energy system in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Nov 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Japan, Asia, sumitomo mitsui, floating solar project