Potential assessment of floating photovoltaic solar power in China and its environmental effect

Potential ecological impacts of floating photovoltaics on lake biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

“…While some models predicted that FPV covering 10% of the recipient water body can lead to a reduction in evaporation ranging from 7% to 19% [41], other simulations predicted that 20% cover can lead to a reduction of about 62% on water evaporation. DO was also expected to decrease under FPV [34,37,46]. Additionally, FPV was predicted to induce changes in temperature and stratification patterns with the intensity of these changes being dependent on FPV cover [18,31,34,37,[46][47][48].…”

“…DO was also expected to decrease under FPV [34,37,46]. Additionally, FPV was predicted to induce changes in temperature and stratification patterns with the intensity of these changes being dependent on FPV cover [18,31,34,37,[46][47][48].…”