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    Rights statement: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Solar Energy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Solar Energy, ?, ?, 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.10.010

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Environmental impacts and benefits of marine floating solar

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>14/10/2020
<mark>Journal</mark>Solar Energy
Volume219
Number of pages4
Pages (from-to)11-14
Publication StatusE-pub ahead of print
Early online date14/10/20
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Deployment of floating solar photovoltaic installations (floatovoltaics) is advancing, with various designs beginning to appear in a range of marine environments. Insight from freshwater floatovoltaics is not readily transferable offshore, and so lessons from other marine energy infrastructure are used to highlight how the marine environment may impact floatovoltaics, how the floatovoltaics impact the environment (both positively and negatively) and the likely societal response. It becomes clear that research to understand the environmental and societal implications of floating solar in the marine environment must proceed in parallel with investigations of the technical and economic feasibility.

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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Solar Energy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Solar Energy, ?, ?, 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.10.010