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High-altitude floating PV has energy payback time of 2.8 years
- bell-cot 2y agoArticle is about solar cells floating on lakes, which are high up in the mountains. Not ultra-high-altitude balloon solar, nor some new tech based on Perovskite, nor ... > New research from Switzerland showed that alpine floating PV systems... Good for the Swiss. For most countries, suitable locations will be minimal to non-existent.
- toomuchtodo 2y ago"An international group of researchers has calculated the potential for floating solar across the world. The results show a generation potential of 9,434 TWh per year across 114,555 global reservoirs, with 30% of their area covered. The United States leads with 1,911 TWh per year of potential, followed by China at 1,107 TWh per year and Brazil at 865 TWh per year. [1]" Studies: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01089-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01089-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-024-00251-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-024-00251-4 https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9941/3/3/23 https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9941/3/3/23 [1] https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/03/21/global-study-highlights-potential-of-floating-solar/ https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/03/21/global-study-highligh...
- bell-cot 2y agoThe article is about high-altitude (aka alpine) floating solar. Your cite is about floating solar without regard to altitude. Large areas of open water are vastly scarcer at higher altitudes.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoStudy: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213138824002765 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221313882... https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2024.103880 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2024.103880