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CINEA connects with ocean energy stakeholders at ICOE OEE 2026
More than 500 ocean energy professionals from around the world gathered in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 5…
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https://www.europesays.com/europe/162855/
https://www.europesays.com/3321424/ CINEA connects with ocean energy stakeholders at ICOE OEE 2026 #EnergyResearch #Europe #innovation #MarineEnergy
CINEA connects with ocean energy stakeholders at ICOE OEE 2026 https://www.byteseu.com/2468182/ #EnergyResearch #Europe #Innovation #MarineEnergy
From lost fishing gear to hydrogen-powered vessels: Atlantic and WestMED award remarkable EU projects
What does a lost fishing net, a hydrogen-powered vessel and better data on small-scale fisheries have in common?…
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https://www.europesays.com/europe/141294/
Linking international technical specifications for acoustic characterization of marine energy converter sounds with environmental compliance criteria
Harvesting power from the ocean is an important initiative for meeting global energy deman…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/735951/
Linking international technical specifications for acoustic characterization of marine energy converter sounds with environmental compliance criteria
Harvesting power from the ocean is an important initiative for meeting global energy demands, …
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https://www.newsbeep.com/au/852864/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/633623/ Linking international technical specifications for acoustic characterization of marine energy converter sounds with environmental compliance criteria #Ecology #Éire #EnvironmentalEffects #EnvironmentalSciences #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #IE #Ireland #MarineEnergy #multidisciplinary #OceanSciences #Physics #Science #UnderwaterSound #WaveEnergyConverter
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1144675/ Linking international technical specifications for acoustic characterization of marine energy converter sounds with environmental compliance criteria #Ecology #EnvironmentalEffects #EnvironmentalSciences #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #MarineEnergy #multidisciplinary #OceanSciences #Physics #Science #UK #UnderwaterSound #UnitedKingdom #WaveEnergyConverter
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1017292/ This 243-foot machine is turning ocean tides into clean electricity #CleanEnergy #ClimateTechnology #ElectricityGeneration #EnergyInnovation #engineering #Environment #EuropeanMarineEnergyCentre #FutureEnergy #GreenTechnology #MarineEnergy #OceanEnergy #OffshoreEnergy #OrbitalMarinePower #OrbitalO2 #OrkneyIslands #RenewableEnergy #RenewableTechnology #Science #Scotland #SustainableEnergy #TidalEnergy #TidalTurbine #UK #UnitedKingdom
This 243-foot machine is turning ocean tides into clean electricity
While solar p…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/au/727047/
Spain sends solar panels to sea in Vigo’s first open-water test
Floating solar panels on water, a free-use stand-in for Spain’s marine solar pilot. Photo credit: Pascal-hsmt / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.Dear Cherubs, Spain is now sending solar panels to sea school. In Vigo, a shipyard is building a 1-megawatt open-sea floating photovoltaic pilot for BlueNewables and Naturgy, made up of two 500-kW units. The system is scheduled for commissioning in March 2026 and then real-world testing in the Port of Valencia, so the Mediterranean cameo comes later, not at the factory gate.
HOW IT WORKS
The idea is part engineering, part common sense. The platform uses a catamaran-style design with modular floats and bifacial panels, which the companies say helps keep the panels farther from direct wave impact and makes maintenance less awkward than it sounds. BlueNewables also says seawater is used as a natural refrigerant, a neat trick in a sector where heat usually nibbles away at performance.
Floating solar has another obvious perk: water can cool panels and improve yield, while also reducing evaporation on reservoirs and other inland waters. The World Bank and NREL both note those benefits, though results depend on site design, climate and whether the system is bobbing on a calm reservoir or getting bounced around by open water. In other words, this is renewable energy, not wizardry.
WHY VIGO MATTERS
Vigo is not a random dot on the map here. A 2025 study on floating solar site selection applied its method to the Ría de Vigo and identified about 7 square kilometres as especially promising for nearshore FPV deployment. That does not mean a giant solar raft is about to colonise the estuary tomorrow, but it does show the area is being taken seriously as a test bed for marine renewables. If you were thinking of Spain’s earlier floating solar plant at the Sierra Brava reservoir, that was an inland-water predecessor, not this open-sea pilot.
Spain is also building a legal lane for this kind of technology. Reuters reported in 2024 that the country approved rules for floating photovoltaic plants on state-owned reservoirs, limiting them to 15% of a suitable water surface and allowing concessions of up to 25 years. So the paperwork is slowly catching up with the hardware, which is always a lovely surprise.
The bigger picture is simple: land is crowded, ports need clean power, and the sea has started auditioning for a job in the energy transition. Whether Vigo’s project becomes a model, a niche solution or just the world’s fanciest test platform will depend on how it handles weather, maintenance and cost. But for now, Spain has taken a very literal step into floating solar, and it is doing so with a bit of swagger.
Sources list
Naturgy — https://www.naturgy.com/en/press-release/naturgy-promotes-a-pioneering-floating-photovoltaic-project-in-the-open-sea/
Offshore Energy — https://www.offshore-energy.biz/bluenewables-starts-floating-solar-project-in-vigo-design-certification-underway/
Reuters — https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/spain-sets-rules-to-install-floating-solar-plants-2024-07-09/
ScienceDirect — https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652625020839
World Bank — https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/418961572293438109/pdf/Where-Sun-Meets-Water-Floating-Solar-Handbook-for-Practitioners.pdf
Ormazabal — https://www.ormazabal.com/en-gb/spain-will-host-europes-second-largest-photovoltaic-plant/
Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solor_panels_on_the_water.jpeg
https://www.europesays.com/uk/838530/ Wales introduces new deal to drive its renewable energy potential #Britain #GreatBritain #MarineEnergy #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergySectorDeal #SolarEnergy #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales
Ocean power breakthrough: Minesto’s Deep Green is the only verified system that cost‑efficiently harvests low‑flow tides and ocean currents.
Backed by €40M+ EU funding.
Founded 2007; active across Europe & Taiwan. #MarineEnergy
META (Marine Energy Test Area, not the giant social media blob) have released a video about the TIDEGEN project I was working on for the last year, and was away on site for a lot of September/October.
Listen to the CGEN team explain the project and enjoy the views of the area, while I appear in the background at various points: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byU8M2eD2O8
https://www.europesays.com/2407207/ Blue Tides: Charting a Sustainable Oceanic Future with Europe #BlueEconomy #CoastalTourism #Economy #EconomyOfEU #EconomyOfEuropeanUnion #EconomyOfTheEU #EconomyOfTheEuropeanUnion #EuAmbassador #EUEconomy #EUPartnership #Europe #Fisheries #Kerala #MarineEnergy #MarineResources #SajiCherian #SustainableDevelopment