floating solar

Chinese solar company Huasun has launched its latest series of N-type silicon-based heterojunction solar cells.

French utility EDF Renewables has opened its first floating solar (FPV) plant in a hydro reservoir facility in the French Alps.

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

As Asia continues to be the key driver for floating solar, in Europe the Netherlands are the ones pushing forward in terms of offshore solar.

A round-up of the latest news from the floating PV market, including the US' "largest" floating PV plant, Akuo's floating project in France and Portugal's tender for FPV.

The global floating solar (FPV) market will surpass 6GW by 2031, with China, India and Southeast Asia set to deploy the lion’s share.

The contract for the world’s first offshore floating solar farm has been awarded to offshore specialist Oceans of Energy for a project in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands.

Building on the successes of floating PV projects installed on lakes and dams globally, offshore installations are an emerging opportunity for developers, potentially when co-located with wind farms. George Heynes explores how the industry can move beyond pilot projects to large-scale, commercially viable installations, detailing the challenges and opportunities ahead.

The projects consist of a 90MW floating solar project in Madhya Pradesh and a 100MW utility-scale solar PV project to be built in Gujarat

The China Energy Engineering Corporation has reportedly proposed to build a 1GW floating solar installation in Zimbabwe, at the Kariba Dam on the Zambizi river.