Spanish Rules For Floating Solar Plants Set A New Benchmark Updated On Mon, Jul 15th, 2024 by Saurenergy Last week, the Spanish cabinet passed a regulation regarding the installation of floating solar PV (FPV) on reservoirs in the country. In a royal decree to notify the regulations, Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) moved ahead with regulations considered a mix of common sense and scientifically conservative to allow […] Read more
SolarDuck, RWE Install Offshore Floating Solar Pilot Off Dutch Coast Updated On Thu, Jul 4th, 2024 by Saurenergy Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck, together with RWE, has installed its offshore floating solar (OFPV) pilot project ‘Merganser’ 12 km off the Dutch coast. The pilot project aims to test and demonstrate the structural, mooring, and electrical designs and acquire knowledge about manufacturing, assembly, offshore installation, and maintenance methodologies required for large-scale commercial deployment of OFPV. Merganser […] Read more
Floating Solar On Sea- How Close Are We ? Updated On Mon, Jun 3rd, 2024 by Saurenergy How do you supply electricity to 10,000 islands? Indonesia has over a million people who don’t have access to electricity. Floating solar aims to remedy cases like these. Proposed as a solution to the issue of land use and the issue of not being able to adopt expensive solutions like wind turbines in certain coastal […] Read more
BHEL Invites Bids For 300MW NHPC Floating Solar Project In Odisha Updated On Fri, May 31st, 2024 by Saurenergy Read more
BHEL Invites Bids For 300MW NHPC Floating Solar Project In Odisha Updated On Fri, May 31st, 2024 by Saurenergy Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has released a tender for conducting civil works for the proposed 300MW Rengali floating solar project at Odisha for NHPC. It invited tender for civil works for the 300MW Rengali floating solar project at Odisha for NHPC. The tender mentioned that the estimated value of the contract – Rs. 2,33,29,072.00 […] Read more
NTPC Awards 15 MW Bhilai Floating Solar Contract To Madhav Infra Updated On Wed, May 29th, 2024 by Saurenergy Madhav Infra Projects (MIPL) has secured a contract to develop a 15 MW floating solar power plant in Chhattisgarh. NTPC-SAIL Power Company (NSPCL), a joint venture of NTPC and SAIL, has sent a letter of acceptance to Madhav Infra Projects (MIPL), an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor, to develop a 15 MW floating solar […] Read more
SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant To Have Chhattisgarh’s First Floating Solar Plant Updated On Mon, May 13th, 2024 by Saurenergy The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), one of the oldest steel plants of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) that was started in 1955, has taken the lead with Chhattisgarh’s first 15-megawatt (MW) floating solar project in its Maroda-1 reservoir. The move is one of many efforts being initiated at the steel major to reduce its […] Read more
L&T Bags Orders For Two Floating Solar Project Worth 150 MWac, 120 MW Ground Mounted Project Updated On Wed, May 8th, 2024 by Saurenergy Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) power transmission and distribution (PT&D) business has won multiple orders in India and abroad. The business has bagged orders to establish two floating solar plants in India. The orders secured by L&T comprise a cumulative floating solar capacity of more than 150 MWac, in addition to a ground-mounted solar PV of […] Read more
NHPC Collaborates With Norwegian Firm To Develop Floating Solar Updated On Tue, Apr 30th, 2024 by Saurenergy NHPC recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Norway-based company Ocean Sun. Through this collaboration, the Norwegian technology provider would support India in building floating solar projects. In a social media post, the company announced it would explore key areas of cooperation for the demonstration of Ocean Sun’s floating solar energy technology. The […] Read more
