The paper gives a review of the various projects that have been realised in throughout the years. These have all been in enclosed water bodies such as reservoirs, ponds and small lakes. The main motivation for the floating photovoltaic (PV) panels was the land premium, especially for agricultural sites were the land was more valuable for growth of the crops (in these cases, grapes because the sites were wineries). The PV panels of the existing projects are mounted on a rigid pontoon structure and vary between horizontal and tilted installations. Future concepts proposed for marine and large lacusterine sites are envisaged to incorporate laminated thin film PV, which would allow the structure to be flexible and able to yield with the oncoming waves, and submergible arrays, which would be submerged in harsh weather conditions. Interest and research has been developing in this niche field throughout the years and has currently reached the megawatt scale with even bigger plans for the future. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Floating photovoltaic arrays have seen a rapid uptake in application in the last years, mainly as pontoon mounted arrays. A chronological rendition is given to allow analysis of the technology's evolution. The review highlights each of the projects (till 2013) and shows variation between them. Other research concepts, envisaged for the harsher offshore marine environments, are also outlined.


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    Titel :

    A review of floating photovoltaic installations: 2007–2013



    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2015




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    BKL:    53.36 Energiedirektumwandler, elektrische Energiespeicher



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