Featured in Racing towards high performance – 06-2019

Floating PV’s watershed moment

With PV’s cost declines, the growing question is: where to put it all, particularly in densely populated areas. Ingenuity to the rescue – a technology that took its first steps in 2007 is entering full market maturity. And its potential is rather impressive.

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Marian Willuhn

04 Jun 2019

Image: Ocean Sun

The results, from the latest large-scale solar tender round, published in February in Germany, show that PV project prices are climbing slightly again. Whereas in October 2018, the average winning tender price stood at €0.0469/kWh, the price rose to €0.048. Overall, 24 projects placed were successful in the round, 22 of which are located in …

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