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A global study of freshwater coverage by floating photovoltaics

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A global study of freshwater coverage by floating photovoltaics. / Nobre, Regina; Midauar Gondim Rocha, Sofia; Healing, Samuel et al.
In: Solar Energy, Vol. 267, 112244, 01.01.2024.

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Nobre, R, Midauar Gondim Rocha, S, Healing, S, Ji, Q, Boulêtreau, S, Armstrong, A & Cucherousset, J 2024, 'A global study of freshwater coverage by floating photovoltaics', Solar Energy, vol. 267, 112244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.112244

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Nobre, R., Midauar Gondim Rocha, S., Healing, S., Ji, Q., Boulêtreau, S., Armstrong, A., & Cucherousset, J. (2024). A global study of freshwater coverage by floating photovoltaics. Solar Energy, 267, Article 112244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.112244

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Nobre R, Midauar Gondim Rocha S, Healing S, Ji Q, Boulêtreau S, Armstrong A et al. A global study of freshwater coverage by floating photovoltaics. Solar Energy. 2024 Jan 1;267:112244. Epub 2023 Dec 13. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2023.112244

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Nobre, Regina ; Midauar Gondim Rocha, Sofia ; Healing, Samuel et al. / A global study of freshwater coverage by floating photovoltaics. In: Solar Energy. 2024 ; Vol. 267.

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title = "A global study of freshwater coverage by floating photovoltaics",
abstract = "Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) deployments are accelerating worldwide and FPV coverage on water surface can strongly influence their ecological impacts. Yet, a global assessment of their characteristics is still lacking. We identified 643 FPV power plants constructed across the globe. We found that FPV power plants currently exist in 28 countries, predominantly concentrated in Asia. FPV coverage was highly variable between lakes, ranging from 0.004 % to 89.9 % of lake surface area. Overall, FPV coverage averaged 34.2 % (±22 SD, n = 494), varying significantly across continents. FPV coverage was significantly driven by lake size and morphological complexity, with smaller lakes and lakes with simplified morphology having higher FPV coverage. The high variability in FPV coverage worldwide suggests a high context-dependency of their ecological impacts that will likely be stronger in small lakes with higher FPV coverage.",
author = "Regina Nobre and {Midauar Gondim Rocha}, Sofia and Samuel Healing and Qianfeng Ji and St{\'e}phanie Boul{\^e}treau and Alona Armstrong and Julien Cucherousset",
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T1 - A global study of freshwater coverage by floating photovoltaics

AU - Nobre, Regina

AU - Midauar Gondim Rocha, Sofia

AU - Healing, Samuel

AU - Ji, Qianfeng

AU - Boulêtreau, Stéphanie

AU - Armstrong, Alona

AU - Cucherousset, Julien

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N2 - Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) deployments are accelerating worldwide and FPV coverage on water surface can strongly influence their ecological impacts. Yet, a global assessment of their characteristics is still lacking. We identified 643 FPV power plants constructed across the globe. We found that FPV power plants currently exist in 28 countries, predominantly concentrated in Asia. FPV coverage was highly variable between lakes, ranging from 0.004 % to 89.9 % of lake surface area. Overall, FPV coverage averaged 34.2 % (±22 SD, n = 494), varying significantly across continents. FPV coverage was significantly driven by lake size and morphological complexity, with smaller lakes and lakes with simplified morphology having higher FPV coverage. The high variability in FPV coverage worldwide suggests a high context-dependency of their ecological impacts that will likely be stronger in small lakes with higher FPV coverage.

AB - Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) deployments are accelerating worldwide and FPV coverage on water surface can strongly influence their ecological impacts. Yet, a global assessment of their characteristics is still lacking. We identified 643 FPV power plants constructed across the globe. We found that FPV power plants currently exist in 28 countries, predominantly concentrated in Asia. FPV coverage was highly variable between lakes, ranging from 0.004 % to 89.9 % of lake surface area. Overall, FPV coverage averaged 34.2 % (±22 SD, n = 494), varying significantly across continents. FPV coverage was significantly driven by lake size and morphological complexity, with smaller lakes and lakes with simplified morphology having higher FPV coverage. The high variability in FPV coverage worldwide suggests a high context-dependency of their ecological impacts that will likely be stronger in small lakes with higher FPV coverage.

U2 - 10.1016/j.solener.2023.112244

DO - 10.1016/j.solener.2023.112244

M3 - Journal article

VL - 267

JO - Solar Energy

JF - Solar Energy

SN - 0038-092X

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