Wave Effects on Power Mismatch Losses in Offshore Floating PV

Global warming represents the most significant threat to humankind, making the need for renewable energy more crucial than ever. However, in densely populated areas near the coast, electricity production faces competition from various sectors such as agriculture, housing, and tourism. To address this challenge, one viable solution is to explore...

Modeling and Monitoring of a Floating Photovoltaic Pilot System

Monitoring of bifacial floating PV systems and validation of a toolbox for its simulation

The development of solar photovoltaic systems has seen a rapid increase in the recent years propelled by mass manufacturing and constantly declining costs of PV modules. In some regions, however, the levelized cost of energy is still rather high, posing some challenges for this technology to take a leading roll in the energy mix. In order to...

Toolbox for the design and simulation of a floating bifacial PV plant with reflectors

Bifacial PV modules and floating PV systems are two fast-growing technologies in the photovoltaic sector. Bifacial PV modules make use of the irradiance that is incident on both faces of the module, leading to higher energy yields. Several techniques are used in order to enhance this bifaciality effect, one of them being the use of reflectors....