Unlocking the floating photovoltaic potential of Türkiye's hydroelectric power plants

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dc.contributor.authorAteş A.M.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:04:04Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:04:04Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe massive surface of the water accumulated in the basins of hydroelectric power plants (HEPPs) can be considered an excellent opportunity for floating photovoltaics (FPV). Türkiye is among the countries that can utilize this potential with its large HEPPs. In this study, the surface areas of 76 HEPPs in Türkiye were determined using the Random Forest algorithm over Google Earth Engine, and the technical potential of FPV that could be installed in these areas was evaluated over five scenarios. In addition, the water recovery that can be obtained with the FPV installation has been calculated. When the entire surfaces of the dams are used, the FPV technical potential and the amount of water recovered are 380,439.85 MW and 25.40 km3/year, respectively. Even when only 10% of the surfaces of the dams are used, the FPV technical potential meets 39.67% of Türkiye's total installed power capacity. Moreover, the water recovered from evaporation meets 7.3% of the surface water used for agricultural irrigation. In addition, it has been calculated that the FPV electricity generation potential of HEPPs producing 674,280.17 GWh of electricity in 2020 is 13.82 times higher than the hydroelectric potential. The results demonstrated how great the FPV solar power plant potential that the country HEPPs carries on their idle water surfaces. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1016/j.renene.2022.09.096
dc.identifier.issn09601481
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/12556
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectDecision trees
dc.subjectEngines
dc.subjectGeographic information systems
dc.subjectHydroelectric power plants
dc.subjectRecovery
dc.subjectSolar energy
dc.subjectSurface waters
dc.subjectFloating photovoltaic
dc.subjectGeographical information
dc.subjectGeographical information system
dc.subjectGoogle earth engine
dc.subjectGoogle earths
dc.subjectPhotovoltaics
dc.subjectRemote-sensing
dc.subjectTechnical potential
dc.subjectWater recovery
dc.subjectWater recovery from evaporation
dc.subjectalgorithm
dc.subjectelectricity generation
dc.subjectevaporation
dc.subjecthydroelectric power
dc.subjecthydroelectric power plant
dc.subjectinstallation
dc.subjectphotovoltaic system
dc.subjectsolar power
dc.subjectsurface water
dc.subjectRemote sensing
dc.titleUnlocking the floating photovoltaic potential of Türkiye's hydroelectric power plants
dc.typeArticle

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