Next generation design of floating systems for coastal solar farms

• Main Author: Bi, Cheng
• Other Authors: Law Wing-Keung, Adrian
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design; Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics; Engineering::Mathematics and analysis::Simulations; Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Power resources; Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166519
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Solar power systems are extensively constructed as the major source of renewable energy production to combat climate changes and global warming. Floating solar farms are increasingly being explored in land-scarce coastal cities since the ground-mounted solar farms are constrained by land requirement...