No one escapes definitive commitment to solar energy. A reality that takes advantage of the sun\’s electromagnetic radiation to generate an energy clean and durable. It is believed that in less than twenty years almost half of the energy produced in the world will come from renewable energies. The benefits of this energy are multiple, highlighting among all, the fact that it is a sustainable resource that is within the reach of all countries in the world, to a greater or lesser extent. As if that wasn\’t enough, a new scenario is forcefully making its way. It is time for floating solar power.
If we tour the countries with the most installed solar PV as of 2020, we see that China leads with an installed capacity of over 250 gigawatts. They are next in the ranking United States of America, Japan, Germany and India with an installed solar photovoltaic power between 50 and 95 gigawatts. The bet has no return and the numbers show it.
The growth and growth of this worldwide trend is increasing very significant technological advances, reducing panel manufacturing costs and improving their performance. In addition, and considering the scarcity of land, caused by population growth, the option to carry out floating solar installationseither in artificial islandsin the DISCSin the swamps, in the reserve and even in rivers. Technology seems to know no bounds when it comes to providing solutions, and floating farms are another testament to this capability. And that\’s it the future offered by solar photovoltaic energy is unbeatable.
?Are these facilities profitable?? ?what advantages does it offer?? If you want an answer to these questions, we invite you to continue reading this article.
Feasibility of floating installations
Floating installations are one way easier to achieve than those of terrestrial parks as there is no need to level the surface because stagnant water when calm self-leveling, achieving the necessary stillness. The difficulty comes from the need to achieve a the cartographic study of the bottom of the tank to locate the submarine\’s wiring which will transport the energy generated to the consumption points: Residential an industrial
Floating farms are made up of several rows of modules anchored at the bottom. The solar panels are installed on very resistant plastic plates and a floating system that contributes to the solar panel is dry. The panels or rows are joined together to form a large mosaic.
Another characteristic of these farms is that can be adapted to the required size. The only requirement is that the water be calm. And thanks to floating solar installations you can take a additional use of lakes in mines and quarries, reservoirs and purification stations for industrial water and agricultural irrigationas well as river plains.
The benefits of floating solar installations
One of the great advantages of floating solar power plants is additional use of location Of the same. Another benefit consists in ease of installation and this maintenance of these plants is also Minimumbeing in many cases more accessible for technicians that some of the installations that exist on roofs and roofs of buildings.
Being out in the open and in free zones, they don\’t have interference or shadows that reduce performance of the plates. The south facing need Installation is not a problem either, nor does it require additional studies or projects.
In addition to these aspects, floating farms have a great advantage over land-based solutions. And that\’s it In photovoltaic installations, excess heat can decrease the performance of the panels because the efficiency of the silicon is reduced.. Floating panels are lucky that the water they have underneath will act as a natural refrigerant and therefore the performance is superior than in an installation of the same characteristics located on the ground.
In the same way that water reduces the temperature of panels, there is a side effect that is very attractive for developing countries that see how in the hottest seasons some of their reservoirs and aqueducts see their volume reduced due to evaporation. The floating solar energy helps reduce the impact of this evaporation given that the panel begins to absorb some of the sun\’s heat and not as much water would evaporate.
The largest floating farms in the world
China it is him the largest renewable energy investor in the world, so it\’s not strange to guess where the world\’s largest floating solar farm is located. In the Huainan (Anhui Province) about one lake formed in an old coal mine the largest facility with these features on the planet is rising. The plant has a Capacity 40 MW through over 165,000 panels that float on water. This ambitious project which was installed in 2017, occupies a surface of 800,000 square meters Or what is the same over 100 hectares and is capable of powering an entire city.
Japanwas pioneering power in this type of installation in the year 2007 in Aichi and has been building ever since more than 50 floating solar installations of more than 1 MW. In the South Korea working on a project Capacity of 41 MW about hapcheon-gun damin the south-east of the country. This floating plant will be the largest in the world and will generate photovoltaic energy for cover the demand of 60 thousand people.
In October 2019 it was inaugurated in Piolenc in Vaucluse (France) floating solar power plant The strongest in Europe. The facility has a capacity of 17 MW and almost 50,000 photovoltaic panelswhich serve to supply electricity to nearly 10,000 people.
In the Spain the first floating plant was installed in Extremadura in her Sierra Brava Reservoir (Cáceres) and has an area of 12,000 square meters and 600 photovoltaic modules. there is many projects on irrigation ponds and reservoirs throughout our geography that will see the light of day in the coming months and that certify the success of this type of installation.
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