Hybrid Floating Solar Plant Designs: A Review

Solomin, Evgeny; Sirotkin, E.; Cüce, Erdem; Selvanathan, Shanmuga Priya; Sudhakar, K.

doi:10.3390/en14102751

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“…The authors mentioned that many water dams in Africa could be used for solar electricity generation. Solomin et al, 2021 have studied various hybrid floating solar-PV systems. The authors stated that floating solar panels can be combined with other renewable energy technologies to provide green electricity.…”

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Possibilities of Using Floating Solar Photovoltaic Panels on Water Reservoirs in the Island of Crete, Greece

Vourdoubas

2022

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Solar photovoltaic electricity generation is important for the energy transition to net zero carbon economy in the coming decades. The aim of the current research is the investigation of the possibilities of installing floating solar photovoltaic panels on the surface of water reservoirs in the island of Crete, Greece. Solar photovoltaic electricity is currently generated in Crete while the solar panels are installed either on the fields or on the rooftop of buildings. Few natural water reservoirs exist in the island while many man-made dams have been constructed to store water and use it for irrigation and drinking purposes. Installation of floating solar panels on the surface of Potamon dam and Aposelemis dam in Crete could generate significant amounts of green electricity. Additionally, it could result in water savings due to lower water evaporation from the dams while more land area will be available for cultivation. Installation of floating solar panels in the two above-mentioned water dams with coverage ratio 10% could generate 252.77 GWhel/year corresponding at 8.3% of the annual electricity generation in Crete while 2.88 mil. m3/year of water could be saved. When the coverage ratio in the two dams is at 30% the annual electricity generation could be at 758.31 GWhel/year corresponding at 24.9% of the annual electricity generation in Crete while 8.64 mil. m3/year of water could be saved. Our results indicate that floating solar panels is a promising alternative technology to ground-mounted solar-PV panels for “solar electricity” generation in Crete.

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Possibilities of Using Floating Solar Photovoltaic Panels on Water Reservoirs in the Island of Crete, Greece

Vourdoubas

2022

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“…The deployment of solar photovoltaics for electricity generation grows rapidly in all countries. Installation of floating solar photovoltaics in water bodies consists of a new and promising technology [1]- [4]. Many floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems have been installed in water reservoirs during the last decade worldwide [3].…”

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Estimation of Solar Electricity Generation from Floating Photovoltaics Installed in Water Dams in the Island of Crete, Greece

Vourdoubas

2023

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The role of solar energy for heat and power generation is very important during the transition to a low carbon economy. Floating solar photovoltaics consists of a novel and rapidly growing sustainable energy technology having many advantages compared to conventional ground-mounted solar photovoltaic systems. Aim of the current research is the investigation of the possibility of installing floating photovoltaics in the existing water reservoirs in the island of Crete, Greece. Data on existing water dams in Crete were used and the nominal power of floating photovoltaics as well as their potential for electricity generation were evaluated. It has been estimated that the nominal power of floating photovoltaics that can be installed in these water dams, with coverage ratio at 0.1 to 0.3, varies between 55.76 MWp to 167.3 MWp while the annual electricity generation from the floating photovoltaics varies between 78.3 GWh to 234.9 GWh. The annual electricity generation from the abovementioned floating panels corresponds at 2.57 % to 7.72 % of the annual electricity consumption in Crete in 2018. Our study indicates that floating solar photovoltaics can be installed in the existing water dams in Crete generating significant amounts of green electricity having also various environmental co-benefits. The current work could be useful to policy makers, local and regional authorities, energy companies as well as to owners of the water dams in the island.

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“…Özcan et al [29] emphasized the operational period of a hydroelectric power plant for hybridization. Solomin et al [30] detailed description and explanation of the many floating solar energy plants, and data about usage patterns and style parameters got. The technical, economic, and environmental contributions of hybrid use are presented.…”

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Reservoir Effect on the Hybrid Solar-Hydroelectric (SHE) System

Dursun

SALTUK>

2023

Politeknik Dergisi

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The solar-hydroelectric (SHE) energy system is a renewable hybrid energy system consisting of solar and hydroelectric energy. An optimization algorithm has been designed to work out the installed power size of the SHE hybrid system, which is planned to be integrated into the existing hydroelectric power systems. This designed algorithm provides the optimum installed power with the benefit/cost approach. The value of the hydro cost and also the energy generation is taken from the actual values since it's an existing facility, and also the electricity production and price of the solar power are obtained from the algorithm that works iteratively. This study aims to indicate that more electricity will be produced by regulating water flows due to the reservoir of hydroelectric power plants. Hydro energy enables energy management to be administrated more effectively with the reservoir, which could be a natural enclosure, without using the other energy storage equipment/method. As a result of the study, it's been shown that with the regulation of the hydro facility flows with a reservoir, 180% more solar power capacity installation with 20.9 MW installed power and 12% more electricity production with 75.3 GWh electricity production is provided compared to the unregulated situation.

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Hybrid Floating Solar Plant Designs: A Review

Cited by 95 publications

References 100 publications

Possibilities of Using Floating Solar Photovoltaic Panels on Water Reservoirs in the Island of Crete, Greece

Possibilities of Using Floating Solar Photovoltaic Panels on Water Reservoirs in the Island of Crete, Greece

Estimation of Solar Electricity Generation from Floating Photovoltaics Installed in Water Dams in the Island of Crete, Greece

Reservoir Effect on the Hybrid Solar-Hydroelectric (SHE) System

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