Solar2Wave: Design of Floating Solar Farms to Overcome Tough Ocean Waves

印尼约有2.73亿人口，其中150万人仍无法接入电网。这些人生活在偏远的岛屿上，依靠昂贵且不可靠的柴油发电。Solar2Wave项目将开展一项基于浮动光伏（FPV）的创新，以解决印度尼西亚偏远岛屿的能源获取问题。FPV农场是完全可扩展的，因为它由小型的独立太阳能电池板组成。不同规模的FPV农场可以沿着岛屿的海岸线放置，并与居民相连。特别是，Solar2Wave的创新可以确保FPV面板在入射海浪中保持完整，从而提供了一个可持续的解决方案。通过向印尼偏远岛屿提供能源，Solar2Wave将改善经济、工作条件、教育、医疗服务和灾害抵御能力。这将通过一个基于代表性岛屿的案例研究来演示。根据目前的可行性研究，Solar2Wave将展示在印度尼西亚约6000个有居民的岛屿上部署的潜力。这项创新将使FPV成为一个有吸引力的解决方案，以取代该国目前使用化石燃料的88%的电力。我们可以预见印尼FPV的长期发展。英国和印尼将从相关业务中相互受益。印尼巨大的光伏市场是两国建立合资公司、开展广泛贸易以及文化和教育合作的黄金机会。最终，Solar2Wave将推动全球从湖泊向海洋外推FPV的趋势。该项目将帮助我们实现净零排放目标，缓解气候变化。

Indonesia has a population of approximately 273m, of which 1.5m still lack access to the energy grid. These people live on remote islands, relying on diesel power generation that is expensive and unreliable.The Solar2Wave project will carry out a floating photovoltaic (FPV)-based innovation to solve the energy-access issue of Indonesia's remote islands. An FPV farm is fully scalable, as it consists of small individual solar panels. Different sizes of FPV farms can be placed along the coastal line of an island and connected to residents. In particular, the Solar2Wave innovation can ensure that FPV panels remain intact from incident ocean waves, and thus provide a sustainable solution.By providing energy access to Indonesia's remote islands, Solar2Wave will bring improvements to the economy, working conditions, education, health services, and hazard resilience. This will be demonstrated through a case study based on a representative island.Following the present feasibility study, Solar2Wave will show the potential to be placed for ~6000 islands of Indonesia with residents. The innovation will make FPV an appealing solution to replace the country's current 88% electricity using fossil fuels. We can foresee a long-term development of FPV in Indonesia. The UK and Indonesia will benefit each other from the associated businesses. The enormous FPV market in Indonesia can be a golden opportunity for these two countries to establish joint corporations, and conduct extended trade as well as cultural and educational engagements.Eventually, Solar2Wave will be boosting the world's trend of extrapolating FPV from lakes to seas. The project will help us achieve the Net-Zero goal and mitigate climate change.