Performance Research on Floating and Ground Mounted PV System

Abstract

The limited fossil fuels and demand for the energy made renewable a booming source of generating energy. An enormous amount of solar energy made it a best alternative renewable energy, which is free of cost and unlimited source of energy, eco-friendly and sustainable to the environment. But during the execution of panels on land has the burden of intense land requirements which is a premium commodity. The hurdles faced are land availability, land acquisition, land development and, land evacuation. Earth is covered with 70% of water. So, most of the solar energy is captured by water compared to land. To conserve the valuable land and water, installing a solar PV system on water bodies like oceans, lakes, lagoons, reservoirs, canals and water storage tanks are an appropriate option. They have numerous advantages compared to land installed solar panels. They reduce the valuable land area, reduce evaporation of drinking water, cooling of solar panels by the water below the panels. Additionally, the aquatic environmental profits by the solar installation limit the algae growth and potentially improves water quality. In this paper a new method of the float was discussed, a comparison is made between the floating PV system and standalone PV system. This method also improves the efficiency of the solar panel. A Small prototype has been designed and the results were plotted for different loads.