Floating solar farms - better land use and reduced evaporation - perfect for Australia?
- World
Bank
report on the concept, including the advantages of
floating
solar farms on hydro-electricity dams + Floating
Solar
Handbook for Practitioners
- Indicative
calculations
for several NSW dams + my suggestion for Snowy 1.5 -
solar panels covering a small portion of the Snowy Mtns
reservoirs.
- World's biggest floating solar farm powers up outside London
- LA Studying Floating Solar Feasibility On Water Reservoir
- Japan has floating solar power plants in Hyogo Prefecture
- The Conversation: Japan turns to floating solar islands as it seeks to end reliance on nuclear power.
- Solar Link: The Benefits of Floatovoltaics + Australia is at it again, making the most out of solar design while conserving water!
- Sino Voltaics: Floating Solar (PV) Systems: why they are taking off
- WaterNSW report: Renewable
energy and storage using WaterNSW assets -
refers to floating solar (albeit water quality concerns).
Water NSW has
started a procurement process that includes proposals to
install
floating solar on some of its reservoirs. This may be part of
the 2019 NSW
Energy Strategy in association with pumped
hydro.
- Australia’s first floating solar plant opened in South Australia
- Australian made floating solar technology headed to California
- City of Lismore plans Australia’s largest floating solar plant
- Singapore plans huge 50MW floating solar project
- China completes new 70MW floating solar PV project on old coal area
- Suntrix Wins 2018 NECA-SA excellence award for Australia’s biggest floating solar system
- Sunseap completes offshore floating solar farm in Straits of Johor
- 2 Oct 20: Why
combining hydro power and floating solar PV may be a good
idea.
- 24 Jul 21World’s largest floating solar farm – more than 2GW – to supply Singapore.
- 4 Aug 21Masdar
to build 145MW floating solar plant in Indonesian reservoir.
- 17 Nov 23 New Scientist ($): Renewable power hopes stay afloat
- 24 Jul 21 GCR: Singapore
switches on massive floating solar farm
- 26 Jan 21 Japan Times: Japanese
firm using [derelict] school pools to improve solar energy
efficiency
