TSEP#98 Facts and Fairytales of Floating Solar Solutions

The solar industry is booming again - and solutions previously considered niche technologies such as Floating PV (FPV), solar plants floating on bodies of water, are suddenly receiving a lot of attention as generation capacity needs to be diversified to meet solar expansion targets in many countries. Several innovation and research projects have been launched in Europe to drive the currently slow market development in floating solar. Floating solar is emerging as a technology of the future, yet it is not yet foreseeable to what extent solar power can be produced cheaply from floating solar arrays in the future. Arnoud van Druten, Director at Floating Energy Solutions, gives an overview of the status quo of Floating PV and dispels some myths about it.   Timeline: 2.31: What are the biggest reasons to go and exploit Floating PV? 7.02: What kind of water bodies are ideal? 12.24: What do we need to do in order to still make FPV financially viable? 15.12: What regulatory hurdles must be removed? Questions or suggestions? Then send us an email to [email protected]