Overview of Possibilities of Solar Floating Photovoltaic Systems in the OffShore Industry

The demand for energy has rapidly grown around the world. Solar floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems are an efficient solution to solve the issues from nonrenewable energy sources, such as reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> emission, limitation of global warming, environmentally friendly, a grea...

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Autores principales: Thi Thu Em Vo, Hyeyoung Ko, Junho Huh, Namje Park
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:405f4b905d7a412bacaf36d592773b782021-11-11T15:48:32ZOverview of Possibilities of Solar Floating Photovoltaic Systems in the OffShore Industry10.3390/en142169881996-1073https://doaj.org/article/405f4b905d7a412bacaf36d592773b782021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/6988https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073The demand for energy has rapidly grown around the world. Solar floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems are an efficient solution to solve the issues from nonrenewable energy sources, such as reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> emission, limitation of global warming, environmentally friendly, a great innovation in sustainable aquaculture, and a new ecofriendly technique, along with reducing production costs, especially regarding the scarcity of habitable land. A large number of installation projects using FPV technology have been operated in water bodies such as lakes and dams/reservoirs. However, deployment of FPV offshore is still limited because of the existing characteristics of marine/sea environments that are different from onshore, such as wind loads and wave loads. Despite these difficulties, there are several projects that have been installed in some countries and gained many significant achievements. It opened possibilities to apply FPV systems offshore worldwide. In this review, we present a brief overview of FPV systems both onshore and offshore, analyze advantages and disadvantages of offshore FPV systems, and provide an overview of their future.Thi Thu Em VoHyeyoung KoJunho HuhNamje ParkMDPI AGarticlesolar energyrenewable energyaquaculturefuturepotentialTechnologyTENEnergies, Vol 14, Iss 6988, p 6988 (2021)
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Thi Thu Em Vo
Hyeyoung Ko
Junho Huh
Namje Park
Overview of Possibilities of Solar Floating Photovoltaic Systems in the OffShore Industry
description The demand for energy has rapidly grown around the world. Solar floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems are an efficient solution to solve the issues from nonrenewable energy sources, such as reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> emission, limitation of global warming, environmentally friendly, a great innovation in sustainable aquaculture, and a new ecofriendly technique, along with reducing production costs, especially regarding the scarcity of habitable land. A large number of installation projects using FPV technology have been operated in water bodies such as lakes and dams/reservoirs. However, deployment of FPV offshore is still limited because of the existing characteristics of marine/sea environments that are different from onshore, such as wind loads and wave loads. Despite these difficulties, there are several projects that have been installed in some countries and gained many significant achievements. It opened possibilities to apply FPV systems offshore worldwide. In this review, we present a brief overview of FPV systems both onshore and offshore, analyze advantages and disadvantages of offshore FPV systems, and provide an overview of their future.
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title Overview of Possibilities of Solar Floating Photovoltaic Systems in the OffShore Industry
title_short Overview of Possibilities of Solar Floating Photovoltaic Systems in the OffShore Industry
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