Potential of floating solar technology in Malaysia

M.A.S. Jamalludin, F. Muhammad-Sukki, S.H. Abu-Bakar, F. Ramlee, A.B. Munir, N.A. Bani, M.N. Muhtazaruddin, A.A. Mas’ud, J.A. Ardila-Rey, A.S. Ayub, N. Sellami

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Abstract

Solar energy is a natural source of energy and is tremendously abundant. The concept of floating solar is to fulfil and to support the existing energy supply in order to enhance the human life. The floating solar exploits the massive availability of ocean region and the severe unavailability of land. The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the potential of floating solar to be deployed in coastal or infield in Malaysia. It was predicted that such system could generate around 14,530 MWh per annum in Malaysia. It can be concluded that floating solar could be one of the most important ocean structures in the future because it is reliable, flexible and has virtually low cost production comparing with other ocean structures.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1638-1644
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2019

Keywords

  • solar technology
  • Malaysia
  • solar energy
  • floating solar
  • evaluate
  • ocean structures

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