Power-generating breakwaters for floating photovoltaics

Researchers from the Singapore Institute of Technology have investigated the performance of new floating breakwaters (FBs) integrating wave energy converters (WECs).

The breakwaters are intended for use in offshore floating PV (OFPV) farms. “As the OFPVs move to the open sea, they are exposed to severe random waves and thus the design of the structure must take into consideration these cyclic loadings,” the research’s corresponding author, Zhi Yung Tay, told pv magazine. “There are few research works focusing on studying the effect of hybrid FB and WECs in mitigating the response of the floating solar PV farm and enhancing the wave energy extraction from the OFPV.”

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Source: PV Magazine

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