The proposed project seeks to demonstrate the potential for hybridizing floating photovoltaics (FPV) with hydropower facilities throughout the united states quickly and effectively while utilizing…

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Noria Energy Holdings LLC a $2.470284 million cooperative agreement on October 1, 2025, under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to demonstrate the hybridization of floating photovoltaics with hydropower facilities.

The recipient will install and operate an FPV system at the Pensacola Hydroelectric Project, a 105-megawatt impoundment hydropower facility in Oklahoma. Project activities include site analyses, engineering design, permitting, software development, computer simulations, physical system deployment, and data analysis. The work will generate data and findings to quantify the economic and technical benefits of FPV-hydropower hybridization on facility operations, system deployment, and environmental impacts, with emphasis on utilizing domestically produced equipment.

Performance of work is based in Sausalito, California. The period of performance runs through August 31, 2027.

The proposed project seeks to demonstrate the potential for hybridizing floating photovoltaics (FPV) with hydropower facilities throughout the united states quickly and effectively while utilizing domestically produced equipment. The project would involve the installation and operation of an FPV system at the pensacola hydroelectric project, a 105-megawatt impoundment hydropower facility in oklahoma. Project activities would generate data and findings to contribute to efforts which quantify the economic and technical benefits of FPV-hydropower hybridization on facility operations, system deployment, and environmental impacts. Project activities would include site analyses, engineering design, permitting, software development, computer simulations, physical system deployment, and data analysis.