Hybrid Floating Solar Photovoltaics-Hydropower Systems: Benefits and Global Assessment of Technical Potential

Lee, Nathan; Grunwald, Ursula; Rosenlieb, Evan; Mirletz, Heather; Aznar, Alexandra; Spencer, Robert; Cox, Sadie

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2020.08.080

Hybrid Floating Solar Photovoltaics-Hydropower Systems: Benefits and Global Assessment of Technical Potential

Journal Article · Mon Aug 24 04:00:00 EDT 2020 · Renewable Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.08.080· OSTI ID:1660253

^[1]; Grunwald, Ursula ^[1]; Rosenlieb, Evan ^[1]; Mirletz, Heather ^[2]; ^[1]; ^[1]; Cox, Sadie ^[1]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)

Floating solar photovoltaics (FPV) is an emerging, and increasingly viable, application of photovoltaics (PV) in which systems are sited directly on waterbodies. Despite growing market interest, FPV system deployment is nascent, and potential adopters remain concerned about the technology, the benefits it offers, the advantages to pairing it in hybrid systems (such as with hydropower), and how to analyze technical potential. To support decision making, we provide a review of associated benefits of hybrid FPV-hydropower system operation and a novel, geospatial approach to assess the global technical potential of these systems employing publicly available, global datasets. We identify significant potential globally for FPV hybridized with hydropower ranging from 3.0?TW to 7.6?TW (4,251?TWh to 10,616?TWh annual generation), based on the assumptions made. We detail operational benefits that these hybrid systems may provide that could be quantified in future modeling and/or analyses of existing or planned hybrid systems.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1660253

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1811070

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--7A40-76202; MainId:5970; UUID:1152740a-f157-ea11-9c31-ac162d87dfe5; MainAdminID:17374

Journal Information:: Renewable Energy, Journal Name: Renewable Energy Vol. 162; ISSN 0960-1481

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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