Summary - Floating Solar in Europe 2026. Online registration by Cvent

As Europe moves towards its energy transition goals, it will need a bouquet of diverse clean energy technologies to reach its renewable energy deployment aims. Floating solar, both onshore and offshore, can play a vital role to scale up renewable energy in the continent especially in the face of increasing land availability concerns.

Floating solar technology is proven and now mature, is easy to install and is free of land acquisition hurdles, making it an ideal renewable energy solution for many markets across Europe. Moreover, synergies with hydropower and offshore wind for sharing transmission and other infrastructure makes the case stronger for these projects.

The continent is witnessing an increase in the scale and size of onshore floating solar projects across markets in the north as well as the south. Meanwhile, offshore floating solar projects are also now attracting significant industry interest, thereby creating a massive untapped area of opportunity for all stakeholders. These onshore and offshore solar projects are now being supported by various policy and regulatory mechanisms across different European markets, and thus, present a favorable growth outlook considering their attractive market dynamics.

Realising the strategic importance of floating solar in Europe’s energy transition plans, REGlobal is organising the third edition of its Floating Solar in Europe on March 18-19, 2026 at Novotel Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. This conference will bring together policymakers, regulators, solar power developers, utilities, technology providers, manufacturers, grid operators, water authorities, permitting bodies, researchers, and industry experts to discuss the potential, growth trends, policy interventions, developers’ plans, permitting and grid concerns, technology trends, execution and O&M solutions, financing landscape and outlook for the onshore and offshore floating solar sector in Europe.