Financial Closure For 145 MW AC Floating PV Project
1st Indonesian Floating Solar Power Plant Achieves Financial Closure; Masdar & PT PJBI Start Construction For 145 MW AC Cirata Facility
The maiden floating solar power plant planned to come up in Indonesia with 145 MW AC capacity has achieved financial closure of undisclosed amount, with financing arranged through Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Societe Generale and Standard Chartered Bank.
240 MW Hybrid Floating Solar Power Project In Laos
Laos Planning World’s ‘Largest’ Hybrid Floating Solar Project; France’s EDF Signs Project Development Agreement For 240 MW Facility
French energy company Electricide de France (EDF) will build a 240 MW floating solar power plant in Laos under a project development agreement (PDA) with the federal government. It will be located on the reservoir of Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project.
World’s ‘Largest’ Floating PV Project Planned In Indonesia
Sunseap To Build World’s ‘Largest’ Floating Solar PV Project With 2.2 GW Capacity & 4,000 MWh Energy Storage In Indonesia, With BP Batam
In July 2019, South Korean Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy approved what was then touted as the largest floating solar PV plant globally with 2.1 GW capacity, for Saemangeum Lake (see South Korea Announces 2.1 GW Floating Solar Project).
70 MW Floating Solar Capacity Energized in Netherlands
BayWa & GroenLeven Commission ‘Largest’ Floating Solar PV Projects Outside Of Asia In Netherlands With 41.1 MW & 29.8 MW Capacities
German renewable energy company BayWa has expanded its portfolio of operational floating solar power projects in Europe to 11 projects representing more than 180 MW capacity, with the addition of 70.9 MW it recently commissioned in the Netherlands.
India’s Largest Solar Park With 4.75 GW Capacity, Cleared
MNRE Green Signals State Owned Utility NTPC To Build India’s Largest Single Sited Solar Park With 4.75 GW Capacity In Rann Of Kutch, Gujarat; Green Hydrogen Generation On Commercial Scale Part Of Plan
India’s state owned utility NTPC Ltd., has secured a go-ahead from the federal Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) through its renewable energy arm NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd.
500 MW Solar Project For Vietnam’s Gia Lai
Vietnam’s Gia Lai Province Approves VND 9.5 Trillion Worth 500 MW Floating Solar+Ground Mounted Solar Power Project: Media
A 500 MW solar power project has secured approval of local authorities in Gia Lai province of Vietnam, according to local media reports, and will be worth VND 9.5 trillion ($414 million).
Statkraft’s Albania Floating Solar Project Online
Ocean Sun Grid Connects 500 kW Floating Solar Power Capacity Out Of 2 MW Project For Statkraft As Albania’s ‘1st’ Floating Solar Plant
Norway’s Ocean Sun AS has switched on part capacity of a 2 MW floating solar power plant for local energy company Statkraft representing a capacity of 500 kW.
BayWa Shares Floating PV System Study Results
Hanze University & Buro Bakker/AKTB Studying BayWa’s 27.4 MW Floating Solar Park For Past Year In Netherlands See ‘No Notable Negative Effects’ On Flora Or Fauna; Recommend Multi-Year Research
German renewables company BayWa r.e. AG has shared first insights of the 27.4 MW Bomhofsplas Floating Solar PV Plant in Zwolle, Netherlands that has been operational on a sand extraction lake since July 2020.
19.3 MW Floating Solar PV Project Planned In Israel
EDF Renewables Contracts Belectric To Build, Operate & Maintain One Among Largest Floating Solar Plants In Israel With 19.3 MW Capacity
Germany’s Belectric is building a 19.3 MW floating solar farm in Israel calling it one among the largest plants of its kind in the country.
Ocean Sun’s Floating Solar In Greece & Cyprus
MP Quantum Group To Deploy Ocean Sun’s Proprietary Floating Solar PV Technology For Utility Scale Projects In Greece & Cyprus
Norway based floating solar technology company Ocean Sun is expanding its presence in the European markets of Greece and Cyprus through a collaboration with MP Quantum Group, a family owned business in Greece.
EBRD Backs 12.9 MW Floating Solar Project In Albania
EBRD Makes Maiden Investment In Floating Solar PV Technology; To Lend €9.1 Million For 12.9 MW Floating Solar Project of Albania’s KESH
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has lent €9.1 million ($10.7 million) for the construction of a 12.9 MW floating solar PV project in Albania, and called it the 1st floating solar plant of this size in Albania and the Western Balkans.
RWE Investing In Floating Solar
Germany’s RWE Makes Floating Solar Debut: To Construct 6.1 MW Amer Floating PV Project In Noord-Brabant Province Of Netherlands On Existing Biomass & Hard-Coal Power Plant Site
Renewable energy company RWE from Germany has decided to invest in floating solar PV technology by announcing its maiden project to have 6.1 MW capacity.
EDF Enters Floating Solar Space With 20 MW Project
EDF Renouvelables Starts Construction On Group’s Maiden Floating Solar Project With 20 MW Capacity In France; Completion In Spring 2022
EDF Renouvelables, the renewable energy arm of French energy conglomerate EDF, is adding floating solar power to its energy portfolio with the beginning of construction of its first project.
India PV News Snippets: CIAL, RUMSL, MPUVNL, NTPC
CIAL Commissions Floating Solar Project; RUMSL Seeking Transaction Advisory For 600 MW Floating PV Project; MPUVNL Launches 40 MW Rooftop Solar Tender; Ashoka Buildcon Gets 150 MW EPC Order From NTPC; India & Uzbekistan To Cooperate On Solar & Storage Technologies
CIAL officially launches floating solar project: The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) officially inaugurated a 452 kW floating solar power plant in Kerala.
Offshore Floating Solar Power Pilot Planned In Norway
Equinor & Moss Maritime To Launch Offshore Floating Solar Power Plant In Norway As ‘First’ Pilot Plant Globally For This Technology In Rough Waters
After the measurable success of onshore solar power capacity and growing interest in floating solar power technology, companies are now eyeing the rough seas to explore the potential of offshore floating solar power generation.
BayWa Installs 29.2 MW Floating Solar In Netherlands
Two Floating Solar PV Projects With Over 70,000 Panels Representing 29.2 MW Combined Capacity Completed In Netherlands By BayWa
BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH has expanded its floating solar capacity in the Netherlands with an additional 29.2 MW.
5 MW Floating Solar PV Capacity Commissioned In Ghana
Ghana Commissions 5 MW Pilot Floating Solar Project, Part Of 250 MW PV Plans, As Country’s 1st Hydro-Solar Hybrid Power Generating System
The 5 MW floating solar PV pilot project (in the picture) is Ghana’s 1st hydro-solar hybrid power generating system, as well as the 1st floating PV system in the West African subregion, said BPA.
China PV News Snippets: ZShine, Sungrow, ReneSola, Datang
Znshine Solar Delivers 182mm Solar Module To Vietnam; Sungrow’s Surface PV System In Vietnam Completed; Renesola’s 10 Rooftop Projects Receive Renewable Energy Subsidies; Datang Group And Guangdong Province Sign Strategic Agreement
An order for ZNShine’s 182mm modules, which adopts double glass frame design, has been successfully shipped to Vietnam. This is the Chinese company’s first 182mm module order.
Hanwha To Build 41 MW Floating PV Project
41 MW Floating Solar Power Plant Announced In South Korea; K-Power Contracts Hanwha Q Cells To Start Construction On Site In 2020
The water resource development and management agency of South Korea, K-Water is planning to get a floating solar project with 41 MW capacity for a dam and has roped in Hanwha Q Cells.
Chile’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant Online
Hortifrut Brings Online Largest Floating Solar Power Plant In Chile With Solarity; Chile Approves 191.93 MW Sonnedix Project For Valparaiso
Hortifrut will procure solar power from a floating solar power plant (in the picture) that Solarity connected to the grid in Valparaiso region making it the horticultural company’s 8th solar project in the country.
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