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, ...

Major installations now exist worldwide, from large hydropower reservoirs in China and India to water treatment ponds in the ...

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 ...

The 5MW offshore solar project will be located within German utility RWE’s OranjeWind (Hollandse Kust West VII) wind farm off the west coast of the Netherlands. Image: SolarDuck. A new European ...

Germany has quietly flipped the switch on a new kind of solar plant, one that stands upright on water instead of lying flat on land or reservoirs. The world’s first floating vertical solar farm is ...

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 ...

Renewable developer Ameresco teamed up with water utility Mountain Regional Water Special Service District to launch Utah’s first floating solar farm. The floating solar array sits on a holding pond ...

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 ...

State officials have granted a long-sought waiver for a floating solar project on the Wanaque Reservoir, clearing the way for developers to reapply for New Jersey’s incentive program for large-scale ...

HOUSTON, Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamond Infrastructure Solutions ("Diamond") and Houston-based Third Pillar Solar ("Third Pillar") have entered into an agreement giving Third Pillar exclusive ...