Potential of floating solar technology in Malaysia

Jamalludin, Mohd Alif Saifuddin; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Abu-Bakar, Siti Hawa; Ramlee, Fadzliana; Munir, Abu Bakar; Bani, Nurul Aini; Muhtazaruddin, Mohd Nabil; Mas'ud, Abdullahi Abubakar; Ardila-Rey, Jorge Alfredo; Ayub, Ahmad Syahrir; Sellami, Nazmi

Abstract

Solar energy is a natural source of energy and is tremendously abundant. The concept of floating solar is to fulfil and to support the existing energy supply in order to enhance the human life. The floating solar exploits the massive availability of ocean region and the severe unavailability of land. The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the potential of floating solar to be deployed in coastal or infield in Malaysia. It was predicted that such system could generate around 14,530 MWh per annum in Malaysia. It can be concluded that floating solar could be one of the most important ocean structures in the future because it is reliable, flexible and has virtually low cost production comparing with other ocean structures.

Citation

Jamalludin, M. A. S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Ramlee, F., Munir, A. B., Bani, N. A., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., Mas'ud, A. A., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Ayub, A. S., & Sellami, N. (2019). Potential of floating solar technology in Malaysia. International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 10(3), 1638-1644. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v10.i3.1638-1644

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 6, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Deposit Date: Nov 24, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 25, 2020
• Journal: International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS)
• Print ISSN: 2088-8694
• Electronic ISSN: 2722-256X
• Publisher: Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 1638-1644
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v10.i3.1638-1644
• Keywords: Solar energy, Solar photovoltaic, Floating solar
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2703070
• Publisher URL: http://ijpeds.iaescore.com/index.php/IJPEDS/article/view/19858