The floating solar revolution is coming to America, along with a new high tech tracking system to boost efficiency.
The floating solar industry is beginning to take off, as investors are attracted by the opportunity to set solar panels off to sail on the waters of existing human-made reservoirs instead of taking up land for solar development. To gild the green lily, tracking has now entered the mix, enabling floating panels to maximize their output by following the sun throughout the day.Tracking is a fairly common feature among land-based solar arrays.
That’s all well and good, unless you can’t find any land to put your solar array in the first place. In the US, for example,has to do with the use of farmland, and that’s where floating solar comes in. Utility-scale solar arrays can be located on existing reservoirs and other human-built water infrastructure, leaving farmland and other sensitive lands alone.
Reportedly a first-of-its kind installation, the floating solar array is relatively small at a capacity of just 73 kWp .consists of a circular system just 38 meters wide. However, SolarisFloat has designed its system around a modular plan that lends itself to scaling up. Xfloat has produced a horizontal single-axis tracking system for its floating solar system, in which the solar panel rests on a horizontal pole instead of the more familiar vertical alignment. According to Xfloat, it is the first company to apply “true” HSAT technology to floating solar arrays.and noted that HSAT arrays can be constructed on sloping surfaces as well as flat ones. They also concluded that the technology could reduce project costs and by 10% and reduce installation time by 15%.
Like SolarisFloat, Xfloat anticipates a much greater improvement in efficiency compared to the NREL analysis of five years ago. “Our field-proven solution generates up to 28% more efficient yield than other FPV systems with the same power rating, while reducing overall lifetime costs significantly through numerous design and logistics enhancements,” the company states.Miya Water, for one, has seen enough.
No word yet on the location. Rettew’s home state of Pennsylvania would be a good guess despite the diffuse radiation limitation, so stay tuned for an update on that.Of course, no news about solar technology would be complete without a mention of Republican leadership in Congress, or lack thereof. While two US allies — Ukraine and Israel — are under threat, the Republican-led House of Representatives has been playing Whack-a-Mole with their own leadership.
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