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European floating solar (FPV) company SolarDuck has installed an offshore FPV pilot site in the Dutch North Sea.

PV Tech spoke with Alejandra Pérez-Plá, regional manager – Mediterranean at financial advisory firm Global Capital Finance about challenges related to land acquisition for utility-scale solar PV projects in Southern Europe, how to manage these issues and grid modernisation.

Ciel & Terre has begun anchoring installation and floating platform assembly for a 72.3MWp floating solar PV project in France.

Spanish tracker manufacturer Soltec has launched a new floating tracker designed for inland water bodies such as reservoirs and ponds.

China has issued a document for solar offshore PV, stating that only four types of sea areas can accommodate offshore solar PV projects. 

Extremely high population density and the necessity to use land for agriculture are the reasons for building FPV in Southeast Asian countries.

Renewable energy technology company Fred. Olsen 1848 has launched a product to help floating solar PV handle wave loads.

Renewables company BayWa r.e. has completed the construction of a 24.5MW floating solar PV (FPV) plant in Grafenwörth, Austria.

Spanish water company Miya has acquired a minority stake in Xfloat, the Israeli floating PV tech developer.

Dutch-Norwegian floating solar company SolarDuck has been selected as the provider of offshore floating PV technology for a hybrid power plant in the Netherlands.