A comparison between the ocean and offshore photovoltaic production system into microgrids: benefits and limits
The current work offers a detailed comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of microgrids concerning the developments of photovoltaic (PV) production installed near the shore and those installed offshore. As demand for renewable energy increases, integrating offshore and marine photovoltaic sy...
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| author | Saad Chayma Flah Aymen Flah Aymen Flah Aymen Flah Aymen Abdulaziz Alkuhayli Rahmat Ullah Claude Ziad El-Bayeh |
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| description | The current work offers a detailed comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of microgrids concerning the developments of photovoltaic (PV) production installed near the shore and those installed offshore. As demand for renewable energy increases, integrating offshore and marine photovoltaic systems offers a promising approach to increase energy production while minimizing land use. This study explores the inherent advantages of offshore photovoltaic systems, including higher energy production due to the cooling effect of water, reduced reliance on land, and the ability to tap into sustained marine solar resources. On the other hand, this paper also addresses challenges associated with these systems, such as: B. Increased installation complexity, vulnerability to harsh ocean conditions, and potential impacts on marine ecosystems. The results in this paper show good performance for both offshore and floating PV systems, except that the offshore PV system excels over the other system by 3.13% in energy production. Moreover, the difference in the annual efficiency of the two PV systems reached 0.55%. These values are considered low because both systems are installed in water, given that both systems benefit from lower temperature and solar irradiation values. Nevertheless, these two systems equally present their own unique challenges including, but not limited to, operational and maintenance cost increase, effect on marine ecology and the technical hindrances on installation and grid interconnectivity. The aim of this review is to disentangle the achievements made regarding the current state of the art in floating photovoltaic technologies. When dealing with performance metrics, two solutions are examined in order to demonstrate the feasibility of providing the energy needs in an ecological way. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2fbb769d50e14c5699192d0b7a6cbaa42025-08-20T02:37:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Energy Research2296-598X2024-12-011210.3389/fenrg.2024.14661331466133A comparison between the ocean and offshore photovoltaic production system into microgrids: benefits and limitsSaad Chayma0Flah Aymen1Flah Aymen2Flah Aymen3Flah Aymen4Abdulaziz Alkuhayli5Rahmat Ullah6Claude Ziad El-Bayeh7Processes, Energy, Environment, and Electrical Systems, National Engineering School of Gabès, University of Gabès, Gabès, TunisiaProcesses, Energy, Environment, and Electrical Systems, National Engineering School of Gabès, University of Gabès, Gabès, TunisiaCentre for Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, Rajpura, IndiaApplied Science Research Center, Applied Science Private University, Amman, JordanChitkara Centre for Research and Development, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, Baddi, IndiaElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAdvanced High Voltage Engineering Research Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United KingdomDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Bayeh Institute, Amchit, LebanonThe current work offers a detailed comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of microgrids concerning the developments of photovoltaic (PV) production installed near the shore and those installed offshore. As demand for renewable energy increases, integrating offshore and marine photovoltaic systems offers a promising approach to increase energy production while minimizing land use. This study explores the inherent advantages of offshore photovoltaic systems, including higher energy production due to the cooling effect of water, reduced reliance on land, and the ability to tap into sustained marine solar resources. On the other hand, this paper also addresses challenges associated with these systems, such as: B. Increased installation complexity, vulnerability to harsh ocean conditions, and potential impacts on marine ecosystems. The results in this paper show good performance for both offshore and floating PV systems, except that the offshore PV system excels over the other system by 3.13% in energy production. Moreover, the difference in the annual efficiency of the two PV systems reached 0.55%. These values are considered low because both systems are installed in water, given that both systems benefit from lower temperature and solar irradiation values. Nevertheless, these two systems equally present their own unique challenges including, but not limited to, operational and maintenance cost increase, effect on marine ecology and the technical hindrances on installation and grid interconnectivity. The aim of this review is to disentangle the achievements made regarding the current state of the art in floating photovoltaic technologies. When dealing with performance metrics, two solutions are examined in order to demonstrate the feasibility of providing the energy needs in an ecological way.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2024.1466133/fullocean PV systemoffshore PV systemmicrogridrenewable energycomparaisonenergy production |
| spellingShingle | Saad Chayma Flah Aymen Flah Aymen Flah Aymen Flah Aymen Abdulaziz Alkuhayli Rahmat Ullah Claude Ziad El-Bayeh A comparison between the ocean and offshore photovoltaic production system into microgrids: benefits and limits Frontiers in Energy Research ocean PV system offshore PV system microgrid renewable energy comparaison energy production |
| title | A comparison between the ocean and offshore photovoltaic production system into microgrids: benefits and limits |
| title_full | A comparison between the ocean and offshore photovoltaic production system into microgrids: benefits and limits |
| title_fullStr | A comparison between the ocean and offshore photovoltaic production system into microgrids: benefits and limits |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparison between the ocean and offshore photovoltaic production system into microgrids: benefits and limits |
| title_short | A comparison between the ocean and offshore photovoltaic production system into microgrids: benefits and limits |
| title_sort | comparison between the ocean and offshore photovoltaic production system into microgrids benefits and limits |
| topic | ocean PV system offshore PV system microgrid renewable energy comparaison energy production |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2024.1466133/full |
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