Exploring Floating Mounting Structures for Solar Power

Solar mounting system (also called sun-powered solar racking) is utilized to settle solar panels on surfaces like rooftops, building veneers, the ground, or on the surface of the water. These mounting systems for the most part empower retrofitting of solar panels on rooftops or as a portion of the structure of the building (called BIPV).

A floating solar mounting system is a system used in fixing and securing solar panels on large water bodies like lakes, dams, offshore water, etc. As the name suggests, the panels are mounted to float on the water bodies.

Every rooftop is not going to be suitable for solar mounting systems – factors such as shade, obstructs, age, and the available gap may lead homeowners to start looking for new locations for solar system installations.

Floating solar mounting system, or floating photovoltaic (FPV), is a solar array that floats on the surface of a water body. They are installed in calm waterbodies such as lakes or basins because oceans and rivers have rough waves that could throw off the panels. In order to fix the panels on the surface of the water they require the use of a floatable structure to avoid sinking. Floating solar arrays can also be planted on reservoirs and other man-made waterbodies.

Floating solar mounting system is in the rise for large scale projects such as powering entire towns. They are convenient because they do not require land hence, do not take up space on land that would otherwise be used for more productive purposes. Floating solar panels float on the surface of calm waterbodies like lakes, basins and even man-made like reservoirs.

Usage of three solar systems There are several ways and places for mounting solar panels depending on the user such as roof mounting, ground mounting and floating mounting solar system. Roof mounting solar system are a system of solar panels that are mounted on the roof of a house or a building. Ground mounting solar system are solar panels that are mounted on the ground with an open space and direct sun exposure.

WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL OF FLOATING SOLAR MOUNT SYSTEMS?