Open-source method to build flexible floating PV systems

A U.S.-Finnish research team has developed an after-market method to adapt commercially available flexible thin-film solar panels for applications in floating PV projects. The special panel design can be applied to three types of floating materials, including neoprene, mincell, and polyethylene.Researchers from Michigan Technological University and Finland's Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering have come up with a series of design guidelines to build flexible thin-film modules for applications in floating PV installations that are in direct contact with the water. "This type of design ...

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