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 ...

The newest, hottest power couple doesn’t live in Hollywood. It’s actually the marriage of solar panels and water reservoirs: Known as floating photovoltaics, or floatovoltaics, the devices bob on ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. A reservoir is many things: a source of drinking water, a playground for swimmers ...

A reservoir is many things: a source of drinking water, a playground for swimmers, a refuge for migrating birds. But if you ask solar-power enthusiasts, a reservoir is also not realizing its full ...

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 ...

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

Floating photovoltaics work much like traditional solar installations with the exception of their location: They sit atop bodies of water. The concept has been catching on over the years, particularly ...

The first megawatt-scale floating solar project in the Philippines has come online, according to solar EPC contractor Black & Veatch. The 5MW site is floating on 3 hectares of the Malubong Reservoir ...