Offshore floating photovoltaics system assessment in worldwide perspective

Floating solar photovoltaics (FPV), whether placed on freshwater bodies such as lakes or the open seas, are an attractive solution for deployment of photovoltaic (PV) panels that avoid competition land with other uses, including forms renewable energy generation. While vast majority FPV deployments have been bodies, in this paper, we chose to focus offshore FPV, a mode may be particularly nations where landmass is constricted, case small islands. There wide perception seawater cooling main reason enhanced performance panels. In worldwide assessment made validate perception. To end, technology-specific heat transfer model used calculate PV system data set 20 locations consisting one located and another offshore. The analysis assumes floating metal pontoons all based monocrystalline silicon technology. Our shows yield difference, between land-based systems, time period 2008 2018, varies 20% −4% showing advantages site-specific. addition, effect environmental factors, namely, irradiation level ambient temperature, wind speed, precipitation, sea surface studied which leads formulation two different regression models. These can first step predicting locations.