Floating solar panels

Clever Dick on January 26, 2024 at 9:17 am

Link: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/09/08/wha...

It’s a novel idea, but wont the water harm the panels, especially in the seas and oceans?

What seawater and salt spray can do to a PV system

Link: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021

Researchers in China have analyzed how the marine environment influences the performance of PV modules deployed on ships, and have found that salt particles can be detrimental to their performance as these act as both heating agents and a factor reducing solar irradiance. The temporary cooling effec... Read more

sunnyjim on January 26, 2024 at 7:51 am

Idea: Floating solar panels

Link: https://www.freshplaza.com/africa/article/...

We need more floating solar plants like this one in Chile.
https://www.freshplaza.com/africa/article/9578440/verfrut-installs-the-largest-floating-solar-plant-in-the-southern-cone-at-its-biggest-farm-in-chile/

Verfrut installs the largest floating solar plant in the southern cone at its biggest farm in Chile

Link: https://www.freshplaza.com/afric

The photovoltaic project located on a dam of Verfrut’s Quilamuta Farm in the O’Higgins Region occupies 8,260 square meters and has an installed capacity of 1,090 kWp, which makes it the…

Miss Entropic on January 26, 2024 at 6:20 am

Idea: Floating solar panels

Link: https://theconversation.com/limitless-ener...

Floating solar farms in the seas, oceans, and lakes could produce unlimited clean energy to power the world.

‘Limitless’ energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots

Link: https://theconversation.com/limi

New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.

HADRIAN ION on January 26, 2024 at 4:24 am

Idea: Floating solar panels

Link: https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/11/13/...

Installing solar panels on water bodies can help produce more green energy without using too much land space.

Floating solar panels could help the world transition to renewables

Link: https://www.euronews.com/green/2

Covering reservoirs with floating solar could produce three times as much energy as the EU currently does, a study has found.

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