A total of 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of solar have been installed around the world as of September, according to a new report by the World Bank (PDF). That’s similar to the amount of traditional solar panel ...

Ground mounted solar PV and rooftops with solar panels are becoming ubiquitous. Now, imagine solar panels floating on water. Floating solar (or floating photovoltaic, FPV) is an emerging trend, and ...

Masdar’s first Malaysian project would deliver Southeast Asia’s largest floating solar plant, signaling growing confidence in ...

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar has signed a power purchase agreement for a 200-megawatt floating solar photovoltaic project at Chereh Dam, Pahang, marking its first project in Malaysia and the largest floating ...

Beijing-headquartered electric power company Huaneng Power International (HPI) has completed the world’s largest floating solar project in Dezhou, which is in Shandong, an eastern Chinese province on ...

Chinese power company Sungrow has unveiled its latest floating solar system at the RE+ event in Las Vegas, which it said is “suitable for the North American market”. The new floating modules, produced ...

Renewable energy producer Q Energy is now building Europe’s largest floating solar farm on a brownfield site in northwestern France. The floating solar farm is called Les Ilots Blandin, and it’s going ...

A University of Exeter team has tested single-axis tracking systems for floating solar across 12 UK sites, finding azimuthal ...

Ciel & Terre already has a 4.3MW project in India running using its new Fusio structure. Image: Ciel & Terre. Ciel & Terre has launched a new floating PV structure that it said had been designed with ...

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Berlin-based renewable energy firm Q Energy has secured €50mn in debt finance to complete work on Europe’s largest floating solar farm, set to power up next year. The plant is already under ...

Photovoltaic solar panels are wonderful things, capable of capturing mere light and turning it into useful electricity. They’re often installed on residential and commercial rooftops for offsetting ...