Scenarios for use of floating photovoltaic plants in Brazilian reservoirs

Sacramento, Elissandro Monteiro do; Carvalho, Paulo César Marques de; Araújo, José Carlos de; Riffel, Douglas Bressan; Corrêa, Ronne Michel da Cruz; Neto, José Sigefredo Pinheiro

doi:10.1049/iet-rpg.2015.0120

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“…However, as the cost of PV modules themselves have dropped a low-tilt angle system enables closer packing of modules (e.g., higher power per unit area) and can increase the solar electricity generated per unit area at an airport. In addition, for airports with surface water, floating solar PV farms [15][16][17][18][19][20][21] and even aquavoltaics [22] would enable an increased area for PV, as well as possibly reducing water surface glare.…”

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“…Much of this need can be met via rooftop PV or the relatively immature building-integrated PV (BIPV) market [5][6][7][8][9][10]. The remainder will need to be met by large-area solar PV farms on either land-based solar PV farms [11][12][13][14] or even water-based floating solar PV farms [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. However, as the global population increases 1.15% per year [23], attractive land and even waterways will become more valuable, especially in densely populated areas.…”

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confidence: 99%

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General Design Procedures for Airport-Based Solar Photovoltaic Systems

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A source of large surface areas for solar photovoltaic (PV) farms that has been largely overlooked in the 13,000 United States of America (U.S.) airports. This paper hopes to enable PV deployments in most airports by providing an approach to overcome the three primary challenges identified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): (1) reflectivity and glare; (2) radar interference; and (3) physical penetration of airspace. First, these challenges and precautions that must be adhered to for safe PV projects deployment at airports are reviewed and summarized. Since one of the core concerns for PV and airport symbiosis is solar panel reflectivity, and because this data is largely estimated, a controlled experiment is conducted to determine worst-case values of front panel surface reflectivity and compare them to theoretical calculations. Then a general approach to implement solar PV systems in an airport is outlined and this approach is applied to a case study airport. The available land was found to be over 570 acres, which would generate more than 39,000% of the actual annual power demand of the existing airport. The results are discussed while considering the scaling potential of airport-based PV systems throughout the U.S.

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General Design Procedures for Airport-Based Solar Photovoltaic Systems

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“…A fraction of three selected reservoir was occupied by the system for the study and the results flashed an increase in average conversion efficiency of 12.5%. PVSYST software was used to construct the electric production scenario which on comparison showed that energy produced by the PV system when spread over the entire area of the three reservoirs will be 18.8% of the electricity demand of its largest city Fortaleza [23] . A 100 kWp capacity floating solar PV system has been proposed for Loktak Lake, Manipur.…”

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Feasibility study of a grid-tied 2MW floating solar PV power station and e-transportation facility using ‘SketchUp Pro’ for the proposed smart city of Pondicherry in India

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Boruah²,

Sehgal³

et al. 2017

J Smart Cities

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Abstract:The race of smart cities in India places Pondicherry at 75 th position. To improve its ranking position for smart city race, we propose the implementation of 2MW Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FSPV) system where a large water body could be used for generation of solar power. The floating PV system can be used to attain much higher efficiency compared to its counterpart on land based PV system. The proposed FSPV system could cover solar panel of 1/3 rd area of the proposed lake to generate 2685 MWh annually. A geo-synchronized layout has been prepared using 3D SketchUp Pro with Google maps. The FSPV system could cost USD 1.6 million with a payback period of 6 years. In addition, the implementation of e-transport facility by utilizing e-rickshaws with a battery capacity of 90Ah with 15 Amps DC charging facility has been proposed with an investment of USD 30000, with payback period of just 5 months. The bright side being improved overall payback due to money inflow with the implementation of e-rickshaws; greater job opportunities with benefits to physically challenged persons to improve their overall socio economic status. It is viewed that the proposed FSPV and e-transport could increase the chance to secure smart city plan for Pondicherry. Keywords: smart city, power plant, floating solar photovoltaic, grid-tied, e-transportation facility, e-rickshaws

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“…For a large-scale PV system, a wide installation site should be ensured, however, this is difficult to achieve. Hence, the floating PV system, which is installed on the surface of water [1], is being tested in Korea. It can be a good alternative to solve the problem of securing the site by installing a PV system on a reservoir, for example [2,3].…”

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Reliability Evaluation of Micro-grids Containing PV System and Hydropower Plant

Kim

2019

Energies

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This paper presents the reliability evaluation for a microgrid composed of conventional generators (CGs), a photovoltaic (PV) system, and a small hydropower plant (HPP). The PV system has an intermittent output and the HPP output is limited depending on several constraints. Therefore, their reliability evaluation should be performed according to the CGs. This paper proposes a methodology to evaluate the reliability of the microgrid based on Monte Carlo simulations. To this end, a simple operational strategy for the HPP and reliability models for each component of the grid are introduced. By the operational strategy consisting of two stages, the HPP would be operated to generate power whenever water stored in the reservoir exceeds a certain threshold (called volume reference) or to discharge extra water when it is beyond the maximum volume of the reservoir. To demonstrate the proposed methodology, a case study is performed according to various volume references, and the results are obtained in terms of several reliability indices. Further, the appropriate volume reference is determined considering a trade-off relationship between the reliability and economics aspects.

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Scenarios for use of floating photovoltaic plants in Brazilian reservoirs

Cited by 92 publications

References 19 publications

General Design Procedures for Airport-Based Solar Photovoltaic Systems

General Design Procedures for Airport-Based Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Feasibility study of a grid-tied 2MW floating solar PV power station and e-transportation facility using ‘SketchUp Pro’ for the proposed smart city of Pondicherry in India

Reliability Evaluation of Micro-grids Containing PV System and Hydropower Plant

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