Featured in Down to the wires 06-2024

‘I couldn’t believe my eyes’

Quality is paramount in solar applications and never more so than in floating PV installations. The combination of water and electricity harbors obvious challenges and there are many other factors, such as the constant movement of the arrays, that must be considered. Failures at a recent project highlight these issues.

By

Jonathan Gifford

10 Jun 2024

Photo: Supplied on an anonymous basis

A 10 MW floating PV (FPV) installation in Southeast Asia has developed serious, likely catastrophic faults. The project was commissioned in June 2023 and problems appeared almost immediately. After discovering underperformance, an initial inspection on the site was completed in Sep. 2023, revealing severe faults. Third-party component experts were called in Nov. 2023, and they discovered …

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