Overview of Possibilities of Solar Floating Photovoltaic Systems in the OffShore Industry

Thi Thu Em Vo, Hyeyoung Ko, Junho Huh and Namje Park
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Thi Thu Em Vo: Department of Computer Education, Teachers College, Jeju National University, 61 Iljudong-ro, Jeju-si 63294, Korea
Hyeyoung Ko: Department of Digital Media Design and Applications, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul 01797, Korea
Junho Huh: Department of Data Science, (National) Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan 49112, Korea
Namje Park: Department of Computer Education, Teachers College, Jeju National University, 61 Iljudong-ro, Jeju-si 63294, Korea

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-30

Abstract: The demand for energy has rapidly grown around the world. Solar floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems are an efficient solution to solve the issues from nonrenewable energy sources, such as reduction of CO 2 emission, limitation of global warming, environmentally friendly, a great innovation in sustainable aquaculture, and a new ecofriendly technique, along with reducing production costs, especially regarding the scarcity of habitable land. A large number of installation projects using FPV technology have been operated in water bodies such as lakes and dams/reservoirs. However, deployment of FPV offshore is still limited because of the existing characteristics of marine/sea environments that are different from onshore, such as wind loads and wave loads. Despite these difficulties, there are several projects that have been installed in some countries and gained many significant achievements. It opened possibilities to apply FPV systems offshore worldwide. In this review, we present a brief overview of FPV systems both onshore and offshore, analyze advantages and disadvantages of offshore FPV systems, and provide an overview of their future.

Keywords: solar energy; renewable energy; aquaculture; future; potential (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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