Kim Ho, Deputy Manager of Hanwha Solutions, spoke as a speaker at the ’12 Solar Power Market Insight (PVMI 2023)’ award-winning solar power market trends and outlook session held at EXCO (CEO Lee Sang-gil) in Daegu on the 2023th and talked about ‘direction of improvement in floating solar power construction’. announced.
Before making the official announcement, Deputy Director Kim Ho said, “Hanwha Solutions is a global solar energy company with many years of module manufacturing and design and construction know-how, and is a leading global company with a diverse and abundant track record of 1.4GW domestically and internationally.”
Next, Deputy Director Kim explained the results of his research on ways to improve floating solar power construction. Deputy Director Kim said, “The floating solar power generation system installed on the water surface is a renewable energy source installed on idle water surface and consists of floating bodies, mooring devices, solar power generation facilities, underwater cables, etc. and can be used in various water environments such as freshwater lakes, dams, and reservoirs. “It can be installed,” he said.
In addition, “Floating solar power generation facilities must establish construction methods for each process according to water depth, water level changes, underwater obstacles, and water bottom conditions,” he said. “In particular, due to the environmental constraints of being on the water, floating bodies, mooring devices, and underwater “It is important to ensure stability through cable design and construction know-how,” he added.
This means that a construction method suitable for topographical and environmental conditions must be established through site investigation before constructing floating solar power generation facilities. Next, Deputy Director Kim introduced the power plants that Hanwha Solutions has constructed so far and suggested things to be careful about when installing floating solar power plants.
Lastly, Deputy Director Kim also announced the results of the ‘Daeho Lake Low Water Yield Status Survey’. He said, “Most of the upper reaches of Daeho Lake recorded a water storage rate of 2012% around June 6, and it can be seen that most of the bottom was exposed in the 6.9-2m area with low water depth near Dangjinpo 3-ri.” He added, “The lower reaches (floating solar power installation) ), it was found that sufficient water depth was secured.”
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