Floating solar farms have moved from novelty to serious infrastructure, turning reservoirs, lakes and sheltered coastal waters into power plants. As solar capacity races past 1,200 G worldwide, ...

A new study has revealed that government-managed reservoirs have the potential to generate enough solar energy to power about 100 million homes in the US annually. For the first time, a survey done by ...

Floating solar panels placed on bodies of water can actually produce more power per square foot than land-based systems. But scientists still have a lot to learn about how this tech affects nature and ...

Floating solar panels haven’t gained much traction in the United States, but they’re becoming more common in places like China and South Korea. A new study from Oregon State University suggests they ...

The state of Selangor has begun construction of a 300 MW floating solar farm, with completion expected around July of next ...

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 ...

Drive a few hours from Lisbon towards Spain, past the olive farms, and you will arrive at Europe’s largest artificial lake, at the Portuguese town of Alqueva. The first thing that catches the eye is ...

With eighteen solar islands, Brazil's largest floating solar installation will use Tigo TS4-X-O MLPE devices for optimization, module-level monitoring, and safety. The project, designed and installed ...

The installation of floating solar systems on just 1% of Brazil's hydroelectric reservoirs could add up to 38 GW of capacity to the national grid. This projection comes from a first-of-its-kind study ...

While floating solar -- the emerging practice of putting solar panels on bodies of water -- is promising in its efficiency and its potential to spare agricultural and conservation lands, a new ...

Modules installed on Flotus can benefit from the cooling effect of water evaporation. Image: Soltec Last month, Spanish solar PV tracker manufacturer Soltec launched a new floating tracker, dubbed ...