Dr Wiep Folkerts
- Solar Energy
Water areas such as irrigation basins, dredging depots, sand extraction locations and basins near water treatment plants can already be used as locations for generating solar energy. As a next step, we are looking at options and implementation forms for solar energy on larger inland waters. On the IJsselmeer lake this may be possible in the form of floating solar parks within an artificial ring-shaped island (atoll). In the longer term solar parks at sea will also become technically and economically feasible, for example in combination with offshore wind farms.
The potential benefits of floating solar parks are:
Floating solar projects will often be carried out near wind energy sites. Since solar energy and wind energy are highly complementary over time, this can provide an efficiency benefit in terms of investment in the electrical infrastructure.
The main challenges for floating solar are:
The National Consortium Zon op Water is a Dutch consortium that aims to promote cooperation and the exchange of knowledge in the field of floating solar parks.
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