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Europe’s largest offshore solar array secures funding

A consortium of 15 partners, including SolarDuck, DMEC and RWE, have been awarded funding for Europe’s largest offshore floating solar demonstration project to date. The €8.4m Nautical Sunrise project, supported with €6.8m of the Horizon Europe programme, kicked off in December 2023 to execute research and development on offshore floating solar (OFS) systems and its […]

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Floating solar panels to be trialled in North Sea

Wind farms in the North Sea could soon have floating solar panels installed in the spaces between wind turbines to help boost renewable energy in Europe. Dutch/Norwegian start-up SolarDuck has partnered with German energy firm RWE for the project, which will see a pilot installation placed in the North Sea off the coast of Ostend […]