Studies of floating solar system and efficiency of single and dual axis solar tracking efficiency in Malaysia, Vietnam, South Africa, and the United Kingdom

• Main Authors: Nasir M.A.N.M., Mohamed H.
• Other Authors: 58286261500
• Format: Conference Paper
• Published: American Institute of Physics Inc. 2024
• Institution: Universiti Tenaga Nasional

Energy generation through solar Photovoltaic is one of the best resolves to solve environmental problems nowadays. There are a few drawbacks to this alternative, mainly the wide-area used for farm installation and its low-capacity factors compared to the other alternatives. Hence, Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) and solar tracking technologies emerge to counter the issue. A full prototype of a floating solar platform is constructed, and the platform's safety factors were conducted through load testing. Using this platform, a desktop study was done to investigate its approximate available installation capacity. On the other hand, the solar panel's inclination study was done to get the best performance at University Tenaga Nasional's Lake. Under the simulation, the highest yield was obtained annually using 0 degrees' inclination compared to 5, 10, and 15 degrees facing south. Annual yield for inclination facing east versus west was done. The highest annual yield goes to the west inclination, thus proving that more energy was gained after the afternoon than before afternoon. Finally, for the computational study, simulations of single axis and dual axis tracker were done in four different places. The increment of yield was calculated. The efficiency was 17.57% and 20.57% for Malaysia, 18.48% and 22.18% for Vietnam, 24.84% and 27.78% for the United Kingdom 40.43% and 56.56% for Garepdam in South Africa for single-axis and dual-axis solar tracking, respectively. This study suggests that solar tracking technology was more efficient at places with higher irradiation reading. � 2023 AIP Publishing LLC.