Fundamental Research for Establishing Floating Photovoltaic (PV) Component Standard

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Due to the plan to install photovoltaic (PV) modules in Saemangeum area, Jeollabuk-do, there are many attentions for floating PV module in South Korea. Korea Standard (KS) for floating PV module supply was already published only for inland water, such as river, reservoir, of pond. However, in near-ocean environment such as Saemangeum area, which needs to consider salinity, wave and wind, there are not many researches for establishing floating PV module component standard. Thus, in this research, we will construct floating PV site, which constituted commercial PV modules, in Saemangeum area and then, analyze floating PV system’s drawbacks and PV module’s quality, which satisfied for product components. In addition, indoor quality test will be held for checking long-term endurance of metal and plastic components. Using simulation tools, we will find out suitable factors for enforcing structural stability of floating PV module system. At last, we analyze environmental hazard of PV module components, which consists of various materials in near-ocean environment. The data that are collected in researches above will be used for standardization of floating PV module components.