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Scatec Solar to get hydropower developer, proclaims floating solar possibility
Scatec Solar has actually struck a US$ 1.1 billion bargain to obtain leading hydropower developer SN Power, proclaiming the capacity for floating solar on hydro storage tanks.
Oct 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Scatec Solar, floating PV, m&a, sn power, norfund, utility-scale solar,, hydro power,
China is Home to World's First Offshore Floating Wind-Solar Pilot
The project has actually been launched by State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC), a utility that is had by the Government of China.
The said pilot project exists off the coast of Haiyang in eastern China and employs the copyrighted floating solar technology from Norway-based floating solar solutions carrier, Ocean Sun.
Nov 3, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, SPIC, Ocean Sun, Adani Green, Wind Solar hybrid, floating projects, utility firm
Largest solar power stations in Portugal
Top biggest solar photovoltaic power stations in Portugal.
(Updated April 2026)
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May 13, 2026
Who has won contract for Indonesia’s controversial floating PV project?
The government was forced to hold a tender for the 200 MW Cirata Dam scheme after originally awarding the deal to UAE developer Masdar. With August 19 named as the date to announce the auction results, nobody is any the wiser as yet.
Sep 30, 2019 // Floating PV, Masdar, tender, Asia, Indonesia, Marlistya Citraningrum, UAE, Cirata Dam, Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Archandra Tahar
Q Energy's 74-MW French Floating PV Park Commissioning 2025
Q Energy's groundbreaking Les Ilots Blandin project in France will be Europe's largest floating solar farm, powering 37,000 households annually by 2025.
Jun 3, 2024 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, Europe, PV Power Plant, Q Energy
EDPR wins floating PV grid connection
70MWA of capacity at Alqueva has a CfD for 15 years and also allows for growth of solar as well as wind
Apr 5, 2022 // Grids, Floating PV, Portugal, floating PV, Europe, EDPR
Qair signs 5.8-MWp floating solar PPA in Seychelles
French independent renewable power manufacturer Qair stated today it has authorized a power acquisition agreement (PPA) for a 5.8-MWp floating solar plant in the Seychelles, bringing to an end settlements that began in November 2019 when it won a tender for the project.
Apr 5, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, PPA, Africa, Seychelles, Qair, pv floating plant
Japan Consortium Tests Floating Data Centre in Yokohama
Japan’s Yokohama floating data-center pilot tests modular compute at sea, using seawater cooling to cut heat and ease land scarcity near ports—boosting AI-ready capacity with efficient thermal performance.
Mar 26, 2026 // Technology, Plants, Japan, Asia, cooling, data centres, floating infrastructure, Yokohama
New floating solar research demonstrates water quality improvements
A brand-new research study in the UK has found that floating solar setups may assist to minimize the impact of climate modification on rivers as well as lakes and assist protect water high quality, yet much more study is required.
Mar 26, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, UK, floating PV, Europe, EDP Renewables, fpv, EDF Renewables, white pine
India relies on renewables to change retiring coal nuclear power plant
India will certainly replace retiring coal power centers with renewables as it seeks to fulfill enthusiastic eco-friendly energy targets and also lower its carbon footprint.
Oct 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, fitch solutions, energy transition, R.K. Singh, coal decommissioning
Vattenfall opens its very first floating solar farm
Vattenfall has opened its first floating solar farm in Gendringen, the Netherlands.
Sep 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, Vattenfall, Ivo Iprenburg
North Rhine-Westphalia Pushes Law Change To Unlock Larger Floating Solar
Germany’s NRW files a Bundesrat motion to relax strict surface-area and shoreline limits on floating PV, aiming to turn quarry lakes into gigawatts of clean power.
May 28, 2025 // Floating PV, Germany, Europe, NRW, Bundesrat
Prefab floating solar for very easy setup
A Norwegian startup has actually patented a floating planetary system constructed from panels laminated flooring on top of double-aluminum sheets. The pre-stringed floats are turned out on site and hauled into area.
Jun 29, 2022 // Technology, Plants, Floating PV, Europe, Norway, Per Lindberg
Portugal floating solar auction gathers record negative price, awards 183MW
Portugal's very first floating solar auction closed with a world record-low price, with utilities EDP and also Endesa among the winning bidders, the nation's environment ministry has actually announced.
Apr 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Portugal, EDP, Voltalia, Finerge, floating PV, Europe, auction, Endesa, world record, joao galamba, hybridisation
Largest solar power stations in Switzerland
Top biggest solar photovoltaic power stations in Switzerland.
(Updated May 2026)
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May 7, 2026