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    IEA PVPS Task 13

    Reliability and Performance of PV Systems

    Performance and Reliability of Floating PV Technology


    Boris Farnung, VDE Renewables, Alzenau, Germany
    Intersolar Conference, Munich, Germany, 06 October, 2021
    Outline
    1. Introduction
    2. Performance of Floating PV Systems
    3. Standardization, Bankability and Insurability
    4. Conclusions
    5. Future Work of F-PV in Task 13
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    1. Integration of PV
    “PV going everywhere”
    Desert PV Vehicle integrated PV Agri PV

    © Sono Motors © SolarPower Europe


    © IEA PVPS Task 13

    Building integrated PV PV in transport infrastructure Floating PV


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    © Ertex Solar © AIT © Baywa r.e.


    3
    1. Introduction
    • FPV offers a unique possibility to deploy • Other potential benefits for FPV:
    PV without interfering with urban - Reducing water evaporation
    development. - Decreased algal growth
    • Typically, the local climate around lakes - Hybridization with hydropower
    provide slightly lower ambient • Huge potential offshore, half of the
    temperatures and higher wind speeds worlds population lives within 100 km
    than dry land. from sea shore
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    © Baywa r.e.
    4
    2. Performance of Floating PV Systems
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    Aerial photograph and details of the Singapore Tengeh Reservoir test-bed


    with different Floating PV technologies [Reindl, 2018] 5
    2. Performance of Floating PV Systems
    Performance Ratio Comparison

    PR 10-15% higher than typical rooftop PV systems in


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    Singapore (with PR of 75 ~ 80%) [Reindl, 2018] 6


    2. Performance of Floating PV Systems
    • Module temperatures about 3°C to 15°C
    lower than land based systems [1], [2], [3]
    • Published yield gain:
    3% larger than land based PV in
    Netherlands, 6% larger than rooftop in
    Singapore [3]
    Additional potential benefits for on-shore FPV
    • Reducing water evaporation
    Source: [1] • Decreased algal growth
    [1] T. Reindl, “At the heart of floating solar: Singapore,” PV Tech
    Power, vol. 14, pp. 18–23, 2018. • Avoiding land-use conflict
    [2] H. Liu, et al., “Field experience and performance analysis of
    floating PV technologies in the tropics,” Prog. Photovoltaics Res.
    Appl., vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 957–967, 2018. → KPIs for double use benefits have to be
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    [3] M. Dörenkämper, et al., “The cooling effect of floating PV in


    two different climate zones: A comparison of field test data from
    developed; Verification and further R&D
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    the Netherlands and Singapore,” Solar Energy 214 (2021) 239– necessary
    247, 2020.
    3. Standardization, Bankability and Insurability
    High uncertainties in the implementation and evaluation of floating PV concepts:
    • Suitability of components
    • Possible risk in case of multiple use of water bodies
    • Handling in the event of faults, risk due to electrical potentials
    • Earthing, lightning and overvoltage protection

    No specific standards for floating PV systems exist


    Many questions depending on individual concept rather than FPV application.
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    3. Standardization, Bankability and Insurability
    Process for developing new standards to ensure quality and electrical safety
    1. Analysis of the current situation
    2. Formation of standardization committees with market participants
    3. Definition of scope of application
    4. Research and delimitation to similar/overlapping subject areas to avoid double
    standardization
    5. Definition of requirements - Transfer of the current state of knowledge and
    new criteria into a new set of regulations
    Typically, this process takes at least 3 to 5 years.
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    3. Standardization, Bankability and Insurability

    The VDE Pyramid of Quality – to keep up with the dynamics of the market
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    © VDE Renewables GmbH


    10
    3. Standardization, Bankability and Insurability
    VDE Renewables has developed
    procedure to certify floating PV power
    plants.
    The program takes into account
    existing standards from a wide variety
    industries.
    Remaining gaps are closed with own
    criteria based on the expertise from
    standardization and input by the
    international network.
    The program supports industry to
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    achieve bankability and insurability of


    the projects. 11
    3. Conclusions

    • Floating PV is not a new technology


    • FPV is a promising application to support energy transition
    • Potential of higher performance than ground mounted or other intergrated
    systems exist
    • No international floating PV standard exists – but defined programs and
    corproate standards can support bankability and insurability
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    4. Future Work of Floating PV in Task 13
    Lead: Josefine Selj, IFE; Wilfried van Sark, Utrecht University
    Contributors: OFI (AUT), PCCL (AUT), Tractebel (BEL), ISE (DEU), VDE (DEU), Sicon
    (DNK), CEA-INES (FRA), AIST (Japan), SERIS, KMUTT (THA), CWRU (USA),
    SANDIA (USA), EDF (FRA), TNO (NLD)
    • Report: Performance and
    Activity focus: reliability of FPV systems
    (M30)
    • Performance of FPV systems (collection of existing data) • Workshop: Performance and
    reliability of commercial
    • Global Survey of FPV Technologies for different (large pilot phase) FPV
    conditions (lakes, sheltered ocean, nearshore, offshore) technologies (M20)

    • Loss mechanisms which differ from ground-based PV towards model for floating PV
    • Meta study of documented degradation modes
    • O&M of FPV (New challenges, increased importance of autonomy, Soiling mitigation)
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    Work towards common guidelines for modeling and selection of input parameters
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    for floating PV, onshore and offshore
    www.iea-pvps.org

    Thank You for Your Attention!

    Boris Farnung, VDE Renewables


    [email protected]

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