Recently, the Dutch company Oceans of Energy completed the assembly of a new floating photovoltaic power station in the Amsterdam Port in just three days. This modular facility is about to be towed and integrated with the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm in the North Sea to form a hybrid power plant.

The floating solar energy platform of Nymphaea Aurora is composed of 196 pontoons and is equipped with a total of 1,400 photovoltaic panels. 70% of its materials are recycled metals and 80% are recycled polymers. The name of the platform is inspired by the water lily and its elegant floating posture, while "Aurora" in Latin means "dawn".

This modular platform was assembled at Amsterdam Port in just three days, and SolarPower Europe immediately launched the project. The platform is set to be towed to a location 22 kilometers off the coast of IJmuiden in the North Sea and installed within the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm.

It is known that by allocating 3% to 5% of the space between wind turbines to solar panels, the power output can be increased by more than 20%, while also making use of the existing energy system infrastructure.

The Hollandse Kust Noord wind power project is operated by the joint venture CrossWind formed by Shell and Eneco. The wind power station has a capacity of 759 megawatts and consists of 69 wind turbines. In contrast, the Nymphaea Aurora photovoltaic power station has a capacity of only 0.5 megawatts. The wind power station covers an area of one hectare and is installed at a water depth of 25 meters.