The Dawn of Floating Solar—Technology, Benefits, and Challenges
The Dawn of Floating Solar—Technology, Benefits, and Challenges
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浮动太阳能的黎明——技术、优势和挑战
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2019
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T. Reindl
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Haohui Liu;Abhishek Kumar;T. Reindl
浮动太阳能是在水体上安装光伏（PV）系统，是一种新兴但快速增长的光伏部署选择，在全球具有太瓦级的市场潜力。新加坡通过建设世界上最大的浮动太阳能试验台，为内陆淡水水库浮动太阳能应用研究做出了重大贡献。在本文中，我们概述了浮动太阳能技术，并重点介绍了测试台的一些经验教训和研究成果。我们量化了对水的冷却效果及其对光伏系统发电量的好处。我们还讨论了一些需要避免的问题和陷阱。展望未来，海上浮动太阳能是下一个具有重大机遇的前沿领域。
Floating solar, which is the installation of photovoltaic (PV) systems on water bodies, is a nascent, yet fast-growing PV deployment option, with a terawatt-scale market potential globally. Singapore has contributed significantly to the research in floating solar application on inland fresh water reservoirs by building the world’s largest floating solar testbed. In this paper, we give an overview of floating solar technologies, and highlight some learnings and research findings from the testbed. We quantified the cooling effect on water and its benefits on energy yield of the PV systems. We also discuss some issues and pitfalls to avoid. Going forward, offshore floating solar is the next frontier with significant opportunities.