First floating solar power plant project initiated in Greece
PPC Renewables plans to install floating solar power plants with 50 MW in total, starting with a project on one of the largest lakes in Greece
EBRD may lend EUR 9.75 million to KESH for floating solar power plant
Albania’s state-owned power producer may cover most of the cost for its hybrid power plant project with debt. EBRD targets October 21 for the approval of a secured loan of EUR 9.75 million for a floating photovoltaic system on the reservoir of the Vau i Dejës hydropower plant owned by KESH. The European Bank for […]
Statkraft to start building floating photovoltaic unit at Banja HPP in Albania
The first of four rafts with solar panels and a diameter of 70 meters is scheduled to be finished before the end of December, according to Statkraft, which is installing the first floating photovoltaic plant in Albania with Ocean Sun from Norway. Ocean Sun is delivering a floating 500 kW direct current system for the […]
Investors eyeing potential for floating solar, hybrid plants in Greece
German SINN Power is about to showcase the prototype of a floating solar power plant and its hybrid system utilizing wind and wave energy in Crete, while another German company, BayWa, is said to be looking at possible projects for the technology in Greece. Company BayWa AG is examining the Greek market for opportunities in […]
Albania gets over 20 applications for 140 MW Karavasta solar power plant
The fate of the similar 100 MW project in the Akërni salt flats is still unknown and the deadline is looming. Half of Karavasta solar system is also set for a fixed power price, to be determined at the auction. Companies from Europe and around the globe have shown significant interest in the contest for […]
Ocean Sun to supply Statkraft with floating solar plant for Albania
Statkraft Albania has signed a contract with Norwegian floating solar technology developer Ocean Sun AS for the delivery of a floating solar plant with a maximum capacity of 2 MW at the Banja reservoir in Albania, Statkraft said in a press release. The solar park will consist of 4 floating units of 0.5 MW each, […]
Norway’s Statkraft seeks to build floating solar power plant in Albania
Norway’s state-owned Statkraft, the world’s largest hydropower company and Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, has filed a request to build a floating solar power plant in Albania, according to reports citing Albania’s energy ministry. Statkraft, which produces hydropower, wind power, solar power, gas-fired power, and supplies district heating, has been operating its first hydropower […]
KESH files request to build floating solar power plant
Albania’s state-owned power utility KESH has submitted a request to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy to build a floating solar power plant with a capacity of 12.9 MW on the Vau i Dejes reservoir, the Albanian media reported. KESH’s detailed application to build the floating photovoltaic (PV) power plant can be accessed on the […]