Armenia’s Maiden Floating Solar Plant Online
French Government Financed 150-kW Floating PV Plant Commissioned by NEPSEN & Optimum Energy
Monday, 18 Sep 2023
Armenian capital of Yerevan now hosts the country’s 1st floating solar PV plant with 150-kW installed capacity after it was commissioned by France’s NEPSEN on the Yerevan Lake.
German State Launches Solar Expansion Offensive
Brandenburg To Accelerate Solar Energy Deployments With Focus On Distributed Generation
Friday, 15 Sep 2023
The German State of Brandenburg has launched what it calls is a solar expansion offensive to speed up the rate of PV deployment as it targets to grow its installed capacity from 6 GW now to 18 GW by 2030.
Growth For Floating Solar With Growing PV Demand
Wood Mackenzie Pegs Global Cumulative FPV Market To Exceed 6 GW Threshold By 2031
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Come 2031 and the global floating solar market is expected to pass the 6 GW threshold as demand for solar energy grows amid increasing concerns of land availability and rising costs for ground mounted PV projects, says Wood Mackenzie.
HJT For Offshore PV
Huasun Energy Launches New Heterojunction Solar Module With Up To 720W For Offshore Solar
Friday, 19 May 2023
China’s Huasun Energy has launched a new heterojunction (HJT) module with up to 720 W power output targeted specifically for offshore solar power plants calling it V-ocean series, with a 30-year service life and certified by China’s National Cent.
India Solar Tenders From CEL & NHPC
CEL Outsourcing 40 MW Solar Module Manufacturing Plant; NHPC Seeks Bidders For 425 MW PV Power Plant Capacity
Thursday, 13 Apr 2023
Solar tenders keep rolling out of India as this week it is the Indian government’s technology arm Central Electronics Limited (CEL) that wants to outsource its 40 MW module manufacturing plant to domestic vendors.
China PV News Snippets
DAS Solar & Rope Technology Partner For Floating PV Mooring And Anchoring System & More From Share Power, Tsingfeng Holdings
Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023
DAS Solar and Rope Technology to focus on building offshore floating PV mooring and anchoring system; Share Power to invest RMB 10 bn in Shangyou TOPCon facility; Tsingfeng Holdings to build 5 GW aluminum panel frame production facility.
New Report Calls Floating Solar A ‘Game-Changer’ In RE Sector
Frost & Sullivan Sees Floating Solar Growing In Demand With Land Scarcity Issues Becoming Prominent & As A Means To Reduce Water Evaporation
Wednesday, 15 Feb 2023
A new report from Frost & Sullivan sees great scope in the growth of floating solar during the next decade as it sees this ‘game-changer’ in the renewable energy sector making its presence felt with growing land-scarcity issues, and as a mean.
Europe PV News Snippets
Iberdrola Wins Tender To Build 25 MW Floating Solar Power Plant In France & More From MaxSolar, PAD RES, GRS
Monday, 13 Feb 2023
Iberdrola bags floating PV plant in France; MaxSolar acquires SEAC’s 3.1 GW German pipeline; RGreen loan for PAD RES for 76 MW solar in Poland; GRS constructing 82 MW solar project in Portugal for KGAL.
Iberdrola Plans 630 kW Floating Solar Project In Brazil
UNESCO Recognized World Natural Heritage Site In Brazil To Host Iberdrola’s Maiden Floating Solar Power Plant
Thursday, 05 Jan 2023
Spanish energy company Iberdrola has picked Brazil to build its 1st ever floating solar power plant, on the surface of Xaréu Dam on the island of Fernando de Noronha — a UNESCO recognized World Natural Heritage Site — with 630 kW capacity through its subsidiary Neoenergia.
EDPR Sunseap Exploring Recycled Plastic For Floating PV
Recycled Plastic For EDPR Sunseap’s Future Floating Solar PV Projects In Asia Pacific To Come From Archwey’s PlasticBean
Thursday, 01 Dec 2022
EDP Renewables’ Asia Pacific renewables platform EDPR Sunseap will explore the use of 100% recycled plastic to make floating pontoons for its future floating solar PV projects in Indonesia, Singapore and South Korea, which will be supplied by Archwey’s PlasticBean.
India PV News Snippets
SolarSquare Raises INR 1 Billion For Expansion Of Prefabricated Rooftop Systems & More From ABC Cleantech, RUMSL
Saturday, 05 Nov 2022
SolarSquare has raised INR 1 billion from new and existing investors; ABC Cleantech signs MoU with Karnataka to develop green hydrogen and green ammonia facility powered by 5 GW renewable energy; RUMSL’s 300 MW phase II Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project oversubscribed.
Bidders Sought For Floating Solar Plant In Albania
EBRD Publishes Tender To Build 12.9 MW Floating Solar Power Plant For Albanian Lake
Saturday, 05 Nov 2022
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) says Albania is looking for bidders to set up a 12.9 MW floating solar PV plant on Vau I Dejes Hydropower Plant (HPP) Lake through Solar Energy of Albania (SENA), which is a subsidiary of st.
Floating Solar PV Tenders For Over 20 MW AC In India
SJVN Seeking EPC Contractors For 15 MW AC & BPCL Wants Consultants For 6.9 MW AC Floating Solar Capacity
Wednesday, 02 Nov 2022
A wholly owned subsidiary of hydropower utility SJVN Limited, SJVN Green Energy Limited (SGEL) is looking for EPC service providers for a 15 MW AC floating solar PV plant, while another state-owned entity Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) w.
SPIC & Ocean Sun’s Offshore Wind+Solar Project Online
World’s ‘1st’ Offshore Floating Solar PV & Wind Energy Facility Generating Power In China
Wednesday, 02 Nov 2022
The world’s ‘1st’ commercial offshore floating solar PV power plant with 500 kW capacity, connected to wind turbines has started generating electricity off Shandong’s coast in China, announced China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) and Norway’s Ocean Sun.
ACWA Power Forays Into Indonesia & Floating PV
Indonesia’s PLN Contracts Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power To Build 110 MW AC Floating Solar Capacity
Tuesday, 01 Nov 2022
Saudi Arabian energy company ACWA Power is venturing into Indonesia and into floating solar PV technology under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indonesian state-owned electricity utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero or PLN) to b.
Green Light for 21 MW Floating PV System in Cottbus
With Eastern German City Of Cottbus Passing Resolution, LEAG & EPNE To Submit Application For Building Germany PV Floating System Soon
Friday, 28 Oct 2022
Germany’s Cottbus City has passed the statute resolution for the 21 MW floating PV system on Cottbus Baltic Sea.
India PV News Snippets
SJVN To Build Floating Solar Power Plants In Assam & Maharashtra & More From Tata, Vatsaa, Excel
Friday, 21 Oct 2022
SJVN has signed MoU with APDCL to build 1 GW floating solar in Assam, and won rights to develop 105 MW floating PV project from MAHAGENCO; Tata Motors to get 7 MW solar plant from Tata Power for Pantnagar plant; Vatsaa to provide floating solar proje.
India PV News Snippets
Husk Raises EDFI ElectriFI Financing For Solar-Hybrid Microgrids & More From MNRE, NTPC, IMC, NSEFI
Friday, 16 Sep 2022
Husk secures $6 million debt financing from EDFI ElectriFI; MNRE clears part commissioning of ISTS Projects; NTPC’s 20 MW floating solar plant online; IMC launches RFP for 60 MW AC solar in Madhya Pradesh; NSEFI and IIT Bombay enter industry-academia collaboration for solar and green hydrogen.
‘Largest’ Floating Solar Power Plant In France
Q ENERGY’s 66 MW Floating Solar PV Facility Gets Green Signal In French Auction
Wednesday, 31 Aug 2022
Q ENERGY will go ahead with a 66 MW floating solar power plant in France calling it the ‘largest’ of its kind in the country, and the 2nd largest in Europe authorized to date.
GW-Level Floating Solar Potential In Baden-Wurttemberg
Fraunhofer ISE Sees Up To 1.07 GW Floating Solar Potential For Southern German State of Baden Wurttemberg
Tuesday, 26 Jul 2022
Picturesque southern German State of Baden-Wurttemberg can host between 280 MW to 1.07 GW of floating solar PV capacity on its quarry lakes as these can be used for nothing else, thus helping save land finds a new study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy (Fraunhofer ISE).
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