DNV has published two new guidelines covering the structural design of floats for floating solar systems and their mooring and station keeping systems.

Taiwan researchers compared a 100 MW ground solar plant with a 181 MW offshore floating PV system and found the offshore setup produced about 12% more electricity over its lifetime. They attribute the ...

Spanish engineering company Intergia is testing floating PV systems adapted for manure lagoons at pig farms to reduce ammonia ...

Floating photovoltaic systems generate electricity more efficiently than land-based ones. Why is this the case? Scientists ...

A massive floating solar and battery plant is coming to a Malaysian lake. Discover how this $250M project could power the ...

The Vietnamese state power utility Vietnam Energy Generation Corporation 1 (EVNGENCO1) has proposed the development of 270MW ...

The carbon footprint of the floating systems tested was about 15% higher than that of the ground-mounted system with the east-west orientation modelled. Image: BayWa re. The carbon footprint produced ...

From a small California winery to a large-scale energy project in China, floating photovoltaics—or "floatovoltaics"—are gaining in popularity. Commonly installed over artificial water bodies, from ...

The Rural Agency (REA) has announced plans for Nigeria’s first floating solar PV plant (8MW) to power Lagos State University (LASU). Besides, the agency and the Lagos state government have signed a ...

How might floating solar energy projects impact wild birds and vice versa? A paper outlines key considerations for a growing floating solar industry. From a small California winery to a large-scale ...