Floating Solar PV Power Plants
A reader notes: Craig – pretty neat that someone is turning unused golf courses into solar farms, but the idea in this story that really caught my eye was a proposal to “develop and operate a 13.4 megawatt floating solar power plant on the Yamakura Dam reservoir.” Got me thinking: How much of the water loss in, say, Lake Meade is from evaporation? How much would that be reduced per acre by floating solar farms? How much of a win-win floating solar farm would it take to make Lake Meade start gaining ground again (or is that even possible)?
It’s possible, though I’m not sure how feasible. My friend Gary Tulie of scenic Buckinghamshire England (pictured) knows more about this than I do, as proven in his excellent article: Saving the Salton Sea with Solar Arrays.
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California is water shortage. So Floating Solar Plant’s wonderful idea for California. And it’s very important to maintain effectively same direction and position on the water for floating solar plants. Because directional change of solar panels reduces electricity production. So floating solar plants also need the directional control mooring systems for their parked positions. Azimuth and position change of floating solar plants caused by wind, waves and external forces. Restoring Force Strengthened Mooring System for floating solar plants has been created in South Korea. This Mooring System generates Restoring Force immediately when floating solar plants are being rotated or moved on the water.
In addition, you have to reduce vibration to install floating solar plants. Because, it can make micro-cracks to floating solar panels and the durability problem of floating solar plants. The risk of power loss in PV modules due to micro cracks is increasing. Vibrations caused by wind, waves and external forces. New Type Floating Body Stabilizer has been created in South Korea. The Floating Body Stabilizers generate drag force immediately when floating solar plants are being rolled, pitched and yawed on the water. Recently, Restoring Force Strengthened Mooring Systems and Floating Body Stabilizers have been used for floating solar plants in South Korea. You can see them in Ochang Dam natural reservoir, South Korea. I N I WORLD