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Floating PV Plants

  • 1st Edition - January 28, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Marco Rosa-Clot, Giuseppe Marco Tina
  • Language: English

Renewable energy sources (RES) are one of the important instruments that human beings can use to tackle problems created by climate change. We expect a quick expansion of RES in th… Read more

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Description

Renewable energy sources (RES) are one of the important instruments that human beings can use to tackle problems created by climate change. We expect a quick expansion of RES in the next few years.

One important new technology is the floating photovoltaic (FPV) which is at its very beginning but which after only 10 years from its first proposal has already reached the target of 2 GWp of plants installed.

This book explores the reasons for such growth and the advantages of this new technology. FPV plants are easily integrated into any human settlements and can use available fresh water as well as salt water near coastal areas. So their geographic potential is unlimited.

Furthermore, their environmental impact is limited and the managing and decommissioning of plants are very cheap.

The book offers a perspective on the many facets of this technology as well as an analysis of the economic aspect and of the final electricity cost which in a short time will go down to less than 50 $ per MWh.

Contributions from different authors have helped in sectors such as the raft structure, the wave impact, and the environment problems.

Key features

  • Investigates the installation of photovoltaic systems over the water’s surface
  • Offers theoretical and practical explanations on how to study, analyze and design photovoltaic energy systems
  • Considers how the use of floating photovoltaic systems can work to fulfill domestic energy demand

Readership

Electrical Engineers, power engineers, practitioners in renewable energy photovoltaics and solar energy, graduates and researchers in solar energy development and implementation

Table of contents

  1. Introduction

    1. Renewable Energy Penetration

    2. The Advantages of PV on Water:

      1. Land Saving,

      2. Cooling,

      3. Tracking,

      4. Storage

    3. References

    　

  2. Floating Plants Location

    1. The Geographic Technical Potential

    2. Waste water basins

    3. Mines

    4. Hydroelectric basins

    5. References

    　

  3. Current status of FPV and trends

    1. Evolution of the market up to 2018

    2. Main companies active on the market

    3. Future trends and perspectives

    4. References

    　

  4. The Floating PV Plant Structures

    1. The Floating Structure

    2. The Raft/Pontoon Design

    3. Submerged PV plants

    4. References

    　

  5. Wind load, wave impact and mooring systems

    1. Wind load

    2. Waves impact

    3. Mooring Systems

      1. for fix plant

      2. for plants with tracking

      3. for basins with variable height

    4. References

    　

  6. Cooling systems

    1. System with irrigators

    2. System with sprinkler

    3. Realizations

    4. References

    　

  7. Tracking systems

    1. Advantages and limits

    2. The more practical technical solutions

    3. Tracking strategies

    4. References

    　

  8. Available experimental test

    1. SERIS and EGP test bed

    2. Cooling efficiency

    3. Tracking

    4. Albedo

    5. Bifacial

    6. References

    　

  9. Hydroelectric integration

    1. Hydroelectric basins structures and data

    2. The FPV implementation

    3. Advantages and problems

    4. The existing plants

    5. References

    　

  10. The environmental problems

    1. Basin energetic balance

    2. The Evaporation Problem

    3. Algae Bloom Control

    4. Water quality

    5. Flora and Fauna in Basins with FPV Plants

    6. Comparative SWOT analysis

    7. References

    　

  11. LCOE Analysis

    1. Current costs

    2. Cooling and tracking cost

    3. A cost breakdown

    4. Future trends

    5. References

    　

  12. Off shore FPV systems

    1. Offshore environment: The Wind Load and Waves

    2. Off-Shore Systems: Specific Raft Concept

    3. Economical evaluation

    4. References

    　

  13. Appendix 1: Nomenclature

    14. 　

  14. Index

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

MR

Marco Rosa-Clot

Prof. Marco Rosa-Clot completed his studies at Scuola Normale with 110/110 et laude in 1966. Subsequently, he was a Researcher at Columbia University, New York, from 1968 to 1969, a Professor of quantum physics and general physics in Pisa from 1969 to 1987, a Researcher in the Theoretical Division at CERN from 1975 to 1978, a Full Professor of Nuclear Physics at Florence University from 1988 to 2009, and a Scientific Director of CRS4 (Sardinia) from 1998 to 2003. Since 2012, he has been a Scientific Director of private companies Koiné Multimedia (www.kmm.it). He is the author of more than 120 works published in international reviews, on theoretical physics, nuclear physics, econophysics, environment, and energy problems, of which 40 are on floating PV, and is the co-author of 2 books on floating PV technology.
Affiliations and expertise
Scientific Director, Koiné multimedia, Italy

GM

Giuseppe Marco Tina

Prof. Giuseppe Marco Tina is a Full Professor of power systems at the University of Catania (UdC), in Italy. He completed his MS (1988) and PhD (1988) in electrical engineering at the University of Catania. He has a robust industrial background in Agip Refineries and ST Microelectronics in Italy, between 1993 and 1996. Prof. Tina teaches courses mainly for the Electrical Engineering MSc and in 2012 was awarded the Diploma di Excelentia in teaching and research in power systems the from University “Stefan cel Mare,” Suceava, Romania. He has been invited as a Professor at Aix-Marseille University, University Jules Verne Amiens and, Université de Corse, in France. He has been member of IEA Task 60 on PVT systems and IEA PVPS IEA Task 15. He is the author of more than 300 works published in international journals and proceedings, on power system analysis, distributed generation, PV system analysis, and modeling. Notably, Prof. Tina is a pioneer in floating PV technology, with 45 specialized publications and two co-authored books on the subject.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Power Systems, University of Catania (UdC), Italy

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