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Floating solar power could help fight climate change — let’s get it right

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  • Rafael M. Almeida
  • Rafael Schmitt
  • Steven M. Grodsky
  • Alexander S. Flecker
  • Carla P. Gomes
  • Lu Zhao
  • Haohui Liu
  • Nathan Barros
  • Rafael Kelman
  • Peter B. McIntyre

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Covering 10% of the world’s hydropower reservoirs with ‘floatovoltaics’ would install as much electrical capacity as is currently available for fossil-fuel power plants. But the environmental and social impacts must be assessed.

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  • Rafael M. Almeida & Rafael Schmitt & Steven M. Grodsky & Alexander S. Flecker & Carla P. Gomes & Lu Zhao & Haohui Liu & Nathan Barros & Rafael Kelman & Peter B. McIntyre, 2022. "Floating solar power could help fight climate change — let’s get it right," Nature, Nature, vol. 606(7913), pages 246-249, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:606:y:2022:i:7913:d:10.1038_d41586-022-01525-1
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-01525-1
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    1. Socrates Kaplanis & Eleni Kaplani & John K. Kaldellis, 2023. "PV Temperature Prediction Incorporating the Effect of Humidity and Cooling Due to Seawater Flow and Evaporation on Modules Simulating Floating PV Conditions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(12), pages 1-19, June.
    2. Benjamins, Steven & Williamson, Benjamin & Billing, Suzannah-Lynn & Yuan, Zhiming & Collu, Maurizio & Fox, Clive & Hobbs, Laura & Masden, Elizabeth A. & Cottier-Cook, Elizabeth J. & Wilson, Ben, 2024. "Potential environmental impacts of floating solar photovoltaic systems," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 199(C).
    3. Xia, Zilong & Li, Yingjie & Guo, Shanchuan & Chen, Ruishan & Zhang, Wei & Zhang, Peng & Du, Peijun, 2023. "Mapping global water-surface photovoltaics with satellite images," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
    4. Ismail Abd-Elaty & N. L. Kushwaha & Abhishek Patel, 2023. "Novel Hybrid Machine Learning Algorithms for Lakes Evaporation and Power Production using Floating Semitransparent Polymer Solar Cells," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 37(12), pages 4639-4661, September.
    5. Schmitt, Rafael Jan Pablo & Rosa, Lorenzo, 2024. "Dams for hydropower and irrigation: Trends, challenges, and alternatives," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 199(C).
    6. Arnas Majumder & Amit Kumar & Roberto Innamorati & Costantino Carlo Mastino & Giancarlo Cappellini & Roberto Baccoli & Gianluca Gatto, 2023. "Cooling Methods for Standard and Floating PV Panels," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-28, December.
    7. C.J., Ramanan & Lim, King Hann & Kurnia, Jundika Candra & Roy, Sukanta & Bora, Bhaskor Jyoti & Medhi, Bhaskar Jyoti, 2024. "Towards sustainable power generation: Recent advancements in floating photovoltaic technologies," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 194(C).
    8. Marcos García-López & Borja Montano & Joaquín Melgarejo, 2023. "The Influence of Photovoltaic Self-Consumption on Water Treatment Energy Costs: The Case of the Region of Valencia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-21, July.
    9. Laura Essak & Aritra Ghosh, 2022. "Floating Photovoltaics: A Review," Clean Technol., MDPI, vol. 4(3), pages 1-18, August.

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