Scaling up #FloatingPV (#FPV) is an opportunity to accelerate the achievement of the #climate and #energyobjectives and provide solutions to secure a just #energytransition.:
SolarPower Europe’s Position paper-Recommendations on onshore #FloatingPV. : EU #Solar Strategy sets out an EU solar target of 400 GWdc by 2025, and 750 GWdc by 2030, increasing #solar ambition in #Europe by 43% and provides the right framework to speed up #solarP energy deployment across Europe. ..Scaling up #FloatingPV (FPV) is an opportunity to accelerate the achievement of the EU’s climate and #energy objectives and provide solutions to secure a just #energy transition. #FloatingPV is a growing #solar solution, which sees solar panels installed on a floating system or structure, on an inland or marine water body; it can offer solutions for #energygeneration and #waterconservation.
Given the novelty of the technology, #floatingPV faces multiple challenges. Some of the challenges include:
• Understanding and recognizing the compatibility between #solarPV deployment on water bodies. As the technology starts to emerge, more countries recognize the possibility of deploying PV on different types of water bodies. Availability and access to information and data on the impacts of FPV, as well as technological and safety aspects are key to ensure the recognition of this dual use of water areas.
• Higher costs per technology. As an innovative and rather novel solution, #FPV requires higher capital and operation costs in comparison to regular ground-mounted PV. Specifically, costs for the floats, mooring and anchoring, inverter floating platform and stricter requirements for electrical components increase the expenditures for the technology. Based on the World Bank calculations, the capital expenditure (CAPEX) ($/Wp) for #FPV technology increased by $10 cents (equivalent to 0.09 EUR) in comparison to ground mounted PV while in the predictions on the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) ($cents/kWh) of #FPV systems are 8 to 9% higher in comparison to ground mounted PV.
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💦 ☀ SolarPower Europe's recommendations for onshore Floating PV are now live!
The European Commission’s #REPowerEU package and #EUSolarStrategy sets out an EU solar target of 400 GWdc by 2025, and 750 GWdc by 2030, increasing solar ambition in Europe by 43%.
Scaling up Floating PV (FPV) is an opportunity to accelerate the achievement of the EU’s climate and energy objectives and provide solutions to secure a just energy transition.
In this new paper, we outline 4 key recommendations for policymakers to help progress #FloatingPV across the EU.
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Recommendations for onshore Floating PV
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Group Managing Director at Ardent
3moSome non-DCO scale schemes are still going to be huge but unable to benefit from the CA powers available within a DCO, so may require separate CPOs to be promoted alongside planning. Not so sure that’ll result in the desired effect