Hydropower plants across Africa could double their capacity if just 1% of their reservoirs are used to install floating solar projects, new research suggests.
European Union funding has been secured for a floating solar pilot project in Spain to explore how the technology performs in challenging sea conditions.
BayWa r.e. and its Dutch subsidiary GroenLeven have recently energised two floating solar projects in the Netherlands with a combined capacity of 29.2MWp.
An initial feasibility study into a 600MW floating solar plant in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has concluded, with the plant expected to begin power generation by 2022 or 2023.
Abu Dhabi-based renewables developer Masdar has formed a joint venture to bring forward a 145MWac floating PV park at a reservoir in West Java, Indonesia.
A round-up of the latest news in solar project development, as juwi hits 3GW installed PV milestone, Greencells makes further progress in the Netherlands and plans for a Cambodian solar-plus-storage microgrid are announced.
Lots for PV projects on dams and beside motorways are set to be included in Portugal’s third solar tender, the country’s state secretary for energy, João Galamba, has said.
Q CELLS has revealed plans to develop a 41MW floating PV (FPV) power plant in South Korea that is set to rank among the world’s largest solar projects built at a dam.
BayWa r.e. will add 500MW of additional floating solar in the coming years in a move to take advantage of increasing demand for the technology among asset owners.
