The 200MW FPV project in Malaysia will be one of the largest floating solar developments in Southeast Asia, built using Masdar's experience from 145MW Cirata plant in Indonesia.
The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded €360 million (US$415 million) to 1.14GW of solar PV co-located with battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.
German solar research centre the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has signed an agreement with Himachal Pradesh University to pursue research into floating solar PV.
Melbourne-based developer Enervest has delivered what is claimed to be one of Australia's largest floating solar installations, built to offset the energy costs of pumping drinking water in regional Victoria.
Norwegian floating solar developer Ocean Sun has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ACEN-Silverwolf to establish a framework for deploying utility-scale floating solar installations across selected Asian markets.