Noria Energy Builds Colorado Floating Solar Project with New Tracking Technology
Noria Energy’s Colorado Floating Solar Project with new tracking technology, AquaPhi, demonstrates accessible and renewable energy generation for water companies, leveraging first-of-its-kind tracking system that increases energy output in floating solar systems.
August 28, 2025. By News Bureau
Floating solar offers a cost-effective and space-saving way to generate clean energy, especially for water utilities managing large reservoirs. As demand for energy and water grows nationwide, this technology turns the existing water infrastructure into energy-producing assets and also conserves water by reducing evaporation.
The Golden, CO project is the first in the US to demonstrate scalable and high-performance tracking on water—offering a new frontier for solar deployment in the country. Using Noria’s AquaPhi technology, the pilot with CMWC will power onsite pumps used to regulate water supply in the reservoir.
AquaPhi allows floating solar systems to track the sun across the sky, by rotating the solar islands, increasing the system’s energy output by 10-20 per cent. It is easy for installers or asset managers to deploy, and it can be added to any floating solar project – including as a retrofit to existing projects to boost their performance as well.
CMWC sees the potential of floating solar as a solution for both energy and water conservation.
“We are excited to embark on the prospects of floating solar as a means to not only produce and conserve energy, but also to improve our water supply by reducing how much is lost to evaporation,” said Jarod Roberts, Chief of Water Resources, CMWC.
Noria is building the project in partnership with GRID Alternatives, a non-profit leader in renewable energy access, workforce development and community empowerment, as well as Hazelett Marine, a leader in mooring solutions for floating solar. These partners bring valuable engineering and installation expertise, local solar jobs and training, and reliable technology for ensuring system integrity and stability on the reservoir.
“We couldn’t be more excited to work with our partners CMWC, GRID Alternatives and Hazelett to deploy our powerful technology that helps make clean energy more accessible to more customers,” said Ron Stimmel, CEO, Noria.
The 50 kW project is scheduled for commissioning in September 2025 and will support CMWC’s mission to deliver clean, safe and reliable water to more than 1,00,000 customers in the greater Denver area – while also demonstrating the potential of floating solar tracking systems nationwide.
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