A Case Study on Suitable Area and Resource for Development of Floating Photovoltaic System

In development of floating photovoltaic generation
system, finding a suitable place of installation is as important as
development of economically feasible and stable structure. Especially
since floating photovoltaic system has its facility floating on water
surface, it is extremely important to review the effects of weather
conditions such as wind, water flow and floating matters, various
factors (such as fogs) that can reduce generation efficiency, possibility
of connection with power system, and legal restrictions. The method of
investigating suitable area and resource for development of
tracking-type floating photovoltaic generation system was proposed in
this paper, which can be used for development of floating and ocean
photovoltaic system in the future.

• Young-Kwan Choi

• Floating PV system
• On-site Survey
• Resources Survey of Photovoltaic
• Tracking-type Floating PV.

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Study on the Influence to Solar Radiation by Changing the Azimuth and
Tilt of a Photovoltaic Array”, The Transactions of the Korean Institute of
Electrical Engineers Vol.62, No.5, pp. 712~716, 2013
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