Dutch-Norwegian offshore specialists SolarDuck, in collaboration with RWE, has installed an offshore floating solar pilot project in the Dutch North Sea. The 0.5 MWp Merganser array is located 12 km ...

Locating PV systems offshore is a new frontier for the industry and one fraught with technical challenges. Image: Oceans of Energy. The idea of stationing PV systems at sea is rapidly gaining traction ...

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Plainfield Township in Kent County is looking to cut costs on power, and has a unique solution planned for it. It's a field of solar panels, floating on a pond that the ...

Mountain Regional Water’s floating solar array project is designed to power a water treatment facility in Park City, Utah with locally generated renewable energy. FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & PARK CITY, Utah-- ...

A recently published paper led by an Oregon State University researcher suggests that installing floating solar panels on top of existing reservoirs could have a variety of positive results. Those ...

A consortium led by Apollo Flutuantes has energized a floating PV system on a lake located in Estancia Jatobá, near Campinas, in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo. The system is being operated under ...

Germany has quietly flipped the switch on a new kind of solar plant, one that stands upright on water instead of lying flat on land or reservoirs. The world’s first floating vertical solar farm is ...

Floating solar offers many advantages but also unique risks that insurers and asset owners should fully comprehend. Image: Sungrow. As a fast-growing segment of the industry, floating solar is also a ...