Floating Solar

Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy Ltd has secured the EPC contracts for a 1 GWh standalone battery energy storage project in Rajasthan and a 20 MW floating solar plant in Karnataka.

New research from Switzerland showed that alpine floating PV systems can outperform lowland or ground-mounted counterparts in terms of energy yield and sustainability. The scientists found that the main material-reduction potential of such floating PV installations lies in the resource-intensive mounting system.

Waaree Renewable Technologies has secured a Letter of Award (LOA) from a metal recycling and specialty chemicals company to set up a floating solar power project of 1.090 MWp DC capacity on turnkey basis.

A UK-based research team has calculated the global potential of deploying floating solar arrays on almost 68,000 lakes and reservoirs. It found some countries could generate the majority of their electricity needs from floating solar panels, while five could meet all their electricity demand.

Madhav Infra Projects has secured the order to set up a 15 MW floating solar PV project at Maroda Reservoir of NTPC-SAIL Power Co. Ltd (NSPCL) in Chhattisgarh.

A new report prepared under the Indo-German Technical Cooperation on Innovative Solar provides a comprehensive overview of the floating solar PV potential in India. It also provides projections for installations from 2024 to 2040.  

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured orders to establish two floating solar plants with a cumulative capacity of more than 150 MW AC and a 120 MW AC ground-mounted PV plant in India. It has also bagged multiple orders for grid systems in India and overseas.

Larsen and Toubro Ltd has emerged as the lowest bidder for the 100 MW floating solar plant to be set up at Getalsud Dam in the Ranchi district.

SolarDuck, Green Arrow Capital, and New Developments have agreed to develop an offshore hybrid project featuring 120 MWp of PV and 420 MW of wind in Calabria, Italy.

The 22 MWp floating solar project will be developed by SJVN with Hartek Solar as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) service provider.