Effects of floating photovoltaics on aquatic organisms: a review

PMB Oliveira, RM Almeida, SJ Cardoso - Hydrobiologia, 2024 - Springer
Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation is burgeoning as global economies pursue
decarbonization goals. To meet the surge in solar energy demand, deployment of PV panels …

Offsetting the greenhouse gas footprint of hydropower with floating solar photovoltaics

RM Almeida, AUH Chowdhury, H Rodrigo, M Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Hydropower is typically considered a low-carbon energy source. Yet, because of
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their reservoirs, some hydropower facilities exhibit …

Immediate effect of floating solar energy deployment on greenhouse gas dynamics in ponds

NE Ray, MA Holgerson… - Environmental Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Floating photovoltaic (FPV) solar energy offers promise for renewable electricity production
that spares land for other societal benefits. FPV deployment may alter greenhouse gas …

Environmental impacts of floating solar panels on freshwater systems and their techno-ecological synergies

SMG Rocha, A Armstrong, SJ Thackeray… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Renewable energy sources, such as floating photovoltaic systems (FPVs), are crucial to
mitigating the climate crisis. FPV deployments on freshwater bodies are rapidly growing, as …

[HTML][HTML] An innovative method for measuring the convective cooling of photovoltaic modules

B Amiot, H Pabiou, R Le Berre, S Giroux–Julien - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The temperature of photovoltaic (PV) cells is a critical factor in evaluating energy yield and
predicting system degradation. Although thermo-electrical models allows predicting the …

Advancing floating photovoltaic systems: trends, challenges, and future directions in sustainable energy development

R Hao, X Sun, Y Zhao, R Zhang, H Li… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems represent a promising innovation in renewable energy,
utilizing water surfaces such as reservoirs and lakes to deploy solar panels, thereby …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study of floating and ground-mounted photovoltaic power generation in indian contexts

K Anusuya, K Vijayakumar - Cleaner Energy Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
The escalating global demand for energy and growing environmental concerns have
stimulated the development of renewable energy-based power systems. In this context, solar …

[HTML][HTML] Floating photovoltaics strongly reduce water temperature: A whole-lake experiment

RLG Nobre, C Vagnon, S Boulêtreau, F Colas… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Floating photovoltaics (FPVs), solar panels installed on floating structures in freshwater
ecosystems such as lakes, represent a growing renewable technology aimed at …

Sustainability trade-offs across modeled floating-solar waterscapes

A Gallaher, E Kalies, S Grodsky - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Expansion of floating photovoltaic (FPV) solar energy on water could provide a low-conflict
renewable energy option to help mitigate climate change while sparing land, but potential …

Site Identification and Power Production for Floating Photovoltaics In the Bahamas

B Bethel - Available at SSRN 5030594 - papers.ssrn.com
Potential sites for floating photovoltaic (FPV) plants are identified in The Bahamas using the
HydroLAKES database supplemented by satellite imagery and numerical wave model …