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How Tension Buoy can unlock floating solar and hydro power

How Tension Buoy can unlock floating solar and hydro power

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 13, 2025 | Maritime research, News, Offshore, Renewables

Pairing floating solar with hydropower unlocks hundreds of GW opportunities globally. Designed to cope with large water-level variations, Tension Buoy removes one of the main barriers for deployment, providing safe, reliable, and efficient anchor mooring systems. One...
VIDEO: How MARIN tests SolarDuck’s floating solar panels

VIDEO: How MARIN tests SolarDuck’s floating solar panels

by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 3, 2025 | Digitalisation, Maritime research, News, Offshore, Renewables

In collaboration with SolarDuck, MARIN has conducted model tests on a configuration of 54 interconnected floating solar platforms. The 1:20 scale model, measuring 10 by 12 metres, was tested in the research institute’s Offshore Basin to simulate realistic...
VIDEO: MARIN trials offshore floating PV prototype

VIDEO: MARIN trials offshore floating PV prototype

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 11, 2025 | Maritime research, News, Offshore, Renewables

The NaturSea-PV project aims to develop a lily-inspired offshore floating photovoltaic (PV) system. It is built using a newly developed, eco-friendly UHPC material that is both flexible and resilient against harsh conditions. MARIN is currently testing the prototype....
Port of Rotterdam makes room for large-scale electrolyser

Port of Rotterdam makes room for large-scale electrolyser

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 25, 2024 | Energy transition, Marine fuels, News, Offshore wind, Ports, Renewables

Zeevonk II, winner of the wind park IJmuiden Ver tender for plot Beta, is going to build an electrolyser on the Maasvlakte. It will make it possible to convert wind farm energy into green hydrogen. In the construction of the second conversion park on the Maasvlakte,...
Stork to work on Offshore For Sure project

Stork to work on Offshore For Sure project

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 3, 2024 | Energy transition, Maritime research, News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Renewables

World Class Maintenance (WCM) has selected Stork to conduct de-risking and performance improvement activities for five offshore renewable energy innovations within the Offshore For Sure (O4S) project. They encompass tidal energy generation, wave energy, energy...
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