PV – The Energy Chronicle https://blog.energyresearch.ucf.edu Energy News from FSEC®, Florida's Premier Energy Research Center, at the University of Central Florida Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:46:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://blog.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/FSEC-logo-2011-150x150.png PV – The Energy Chronicle https://blog.energyresearch.ucf.edu 32 32 DOE Says Combining Floating Solar With Hydroelectric Could Provide 40% Of The World’s Energy Needs https://blog.energyresearch.ucf.edu/2020/10/doe-says-combining-floating-solar-with-hydroelectric-could-provide-40-of-the-worlds-energy-needs/ https://blog.energyresearch.ucf.edu/2020/10/doe-says-combining-floating-solar-with-hydroelectric-could-provide-40-of-the-worlds-energy-needs/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:00:59 +0000 https://blog.energyresearch.ucf.edu/?p=3150 iStock | Getty Images. Solar panels in aerial view, rows array of polycrystalline silicon solar cells or photovoltaics in solar power plant floating on the water in lake.A study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory suggests that if floating solar was installed on hydro reservoirs globally, the hybrid systems could generate anywhere from 16% to 40% of the world’s demand for electricity. FSEC’s John Sherwin, program manager of testing and certification, agrees and speculates the generation to be on the middle to lower end of that scale, without first researching how solar panels respond to the stress of being on the water, as well as other variables.

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