Recent technical advancements, economics and environmental impacts of floating photovoltaic solar energy conversion systems

S Gorjian, H Sharon, H Ebadi, K Kant, FB Scavo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) is an emerging technology that has experienced significant
growth in the renewable energy market since 2016. It is estimated that technical …

[HTML][HTML] Key issues in the design of floating photovoltaic structures for the marine environment

R Claus, M López - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The floating photovoltaic (FPV) market has been expanding at an impressive rate over the
last decade, doubling its global installed capacity year after year. This growth was possible …

The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap

GM Wilson, M Al-Jassim, WK Metzger… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the past decade, the global cumulative installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity has grown
exponentially, reaching 591 GW in 2019. Rapid progress was driven in large part by …

Energy production and water savings from floating solar photovoltaics on global reservoirs

Y Jin, S Hu, AD Ziegler, L Gibson, JE Campbell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Growing global energy use and the adoption of sustainability goals to limit carbon emissions
from fossil fuel burning are increasing the demand for clean energy, including solar. Floating …

Hybrid floating solar photovoltaics-hydropower systems: Benefits and global assessment of technical potential

N Lee, U Grunwald, E Rosenlieb, H Mirletz, A Aznar… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Floating solar photovoltaics (FPV) is an emerging, and increasingly viable, application of
photovoltaics (PV) in which systems are sited directly on waterbodies. Despite growing …

Techno–ecological synergies of solar energy for global sustainability

RR Hernandez, A Armstrong, J Burney, G Ryan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The strategic engineering of solar energy technologies—from individual rooftop modules to
large solar energy power plants—can confer significant synergistic outcomes across …

Latest progress on photoabsorbent materials for multifunctional semitransparent organic solar cells

GP Kini, SJ Jeon, DK Moon - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐transparent organic solar cells (ST‐OSCs) have revolutionized the field of
photovoltaics (PVs) due to their unique abilities, such as transparency and color tunability …

Floating photovoltaics: A review

L Essak, A Ghosh - Clean Technologies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The world is transitioning towards a net zero emissions future and solar energy is at the
forefront of the transition. The land use requirements to install solar farms present a barrier …

Hybrid floating solar plant designs: a review

E Solomin, E Sirotkin, E Cuce, SP Selvanathan… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The world's demand for electricity will double by 2050. Despite its high potential as an eco-
friendly technology for generating electricity, solar energy only covers a small percentage of …

[HTML][HTML] Benefits of pairing floating solar photovoltaics with hydropower reservoirs in Europe

G Kakoulaki, RG Sanchez, AG Amillo, S Szabó… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Achieving carbon-neutrality is increasing the demand of renewable electricity which is
raising the competition for land and associated acquisition costs. Installation of floating …