What is Floatovoltaics?

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About Floatovoltaics:

Floatovoltaics, floating solar plants, or FSPV (floating solar photovoltaic) are panel structures that are installed on water bodies like lakes, basins, and reservoirs instead of on solid structures like a roof or terraces.
The biggest impetus behind the rise of large-scale FSPV has been that it doesn’t take up any land space, which could be then used for construction and agriculture.
The world’s first large-scale FSPV system was installed in 2011, in Napa Valley, California.

India:

In recent years, floating solar power plants have become part of India’s plans of solar expansion.
According to a 2020 study by TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) reservoirs cover 18000 square Kilometer in India and can generate 280 GW through floating solar panels.
Currently less than 1% of solar installations are floating.
The largest floating solar power plant in India is currently the Ramagundam in Peddapalli district of Telangana, with a capacity of 100 MW.
Currently a plant is being built on the Narmada’ Omkareshwar Dam in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh is being built with a capacity of 600 MW, which will soon be the largest floating solar power plant in the world.
The project is touted to be worth Rs 3000 crore.
What are the benefits of floating solar panels?
- the water’s cooling effect makes them more efficient than land-based ones;
- they don’t interfere with desert ecosystems; and
- they keep precious water from evaporating.
- Even though reservoirs are artificial ecosystems, they provide habitats for wildlife.

Q1) What is the advantage of solar energy?

Solar energy include is a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels and has a low impact on the environment and the potential for any country to produce it