SWOT analysis of floating solar plants

Abstract

Solar PV modules: flat and rigid PV modules (mainly Si crystalline made)1−5 or thin-film flexible PV5−10 are widely reported in the literature for power generation. A critical issue in using land-based PV systems is related to the dust, temperature, shadow and performance variability due to limited control of operating conditions.Recent application of Solar includes Solar PV tree, Airport infrastructure, BIPV, BIPVT, CSP Technology11−15 Performance analysis of the solar PV Systems,10 based on energy and exergy analysis is used to assess the technical and economic viability.16−20 The recent explosive growth of massive solar plants in some of the world’s most remote deserts has stolen some of the spotlights from smaller solar installations that float on water.21−25